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Chapter 23

           Shelingered,andresistedmypersuasionstodepartureatiresomewhile;butasheneitherlookedupnorspoke,shefinallymadeamovementtothedoorandIfollowed.Wewererecalledbyascream.Lintonhadslidfromhisseatontothehearthstone,andlaywrithinginthemereperversenessofanindulgedplagueofachild,determinedtobeasgrievousandharassingasitcan.Ithoroughlygaugedhisdispositionfromhisbehaviour,andsawatonceitwouldbefollytoattempthumouringhim.Notsomycompanion:sheranbackinterror,kneltdown,andcried,andsoothed,andentreated,tillhegrewquietfromlackofbreath:bynomeansfromcompunctionatdistressngher.

           "Ishalllifthimonthesettle,"Isaid,"andhemayrollaboutashepleases:wecan’tstoptowatchhim.Ihopeyouaresatisfied,MissCathy,thatyouarenotthepersontobenefithim;andthathisconditionofhealthisnotoccasionedbyattachmenttoyou.Now,then,thereheis!Comeaway:assoonasheknowsthereisnobodybytocareforhisnonsense,he’llbegladtoliestill."

           Sheplacedacushionunderhishead,andofferedhimsomewater;herejectedthelatter,andtosseduneasilyontheformer,asifitwereastoneorablockofwood.Shetriedtoputitmorecomfortably.

           "Ican’tdowiththat,"hesaid;"it’snothighenough."Catherinebroughtanothertolayaboveit.

           "That’stoohigh,"murmuredtheprovokingthing.

           "HowmustIarrangeit,then?"sheaskeddespairingly.

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