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Chapter 32

           Sheseemedwillingtodoherbest;thoughshethrustthehearth-brushintothegratesinmistakeforthepoker,andmal-appropriatedseveralotherarticlesofhercraft:butIretired,confidinginherenergyforaresting-placeagainstmyreturn.WutheringHeightswasthegoalofmyproposedexcursion.Anafter-thoughtbroughtmeback,whenIhadquittedthecourt.

           "AllwellattheHeights?"Ienquiredofthewoman.

           "Eea,f’rowteeknew,"sheanswered,skurryingawaywithapanofhotcinders.

           IwouldhaveaskedwhyMrs.DeanhaddesertedtheGrange,butitwasimpossibletodelayheratsuchacrisis,soIturnedawayandmademyexit,ramblingleisurelyalongwiththeglowofasinkingsunbehind,andthemildgloryofarisingmooninfrontonefading,andtheotherbrighteningasIquittedthepark,andclimbedthestonybyroadbranchingofftoMr.Heathcliff’sdwelling.BeforeIarrivedinsightofit,allthatremainedofdaywasabeamlessamberlightalongthewest:butIcouldseeeverypebbleonthepath,andeverybladeofgrass,bythatsplendidmoon.Ihadneithertoclimbthegatenortoknockityieldedtomyhand.Thatisanimprovement,Ithought.AndInoticedanother,bytheaidofmynostrils;afragranceofstocksandwall-flowerswaftedontheairfromamongstthehomelyfruit-trees.

           Bothdoorsandlatticeswereopen;andyet,asisusuallythecaseinacoaldistrict,afine,redfireilluminedthechimney:thecomfortwhichtheeyesderivesfromitrenderstheextraheatendurable.

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