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           "HaretonandIarefriendsnow;andIshalltellhimallaboutyou!"

           Themasterseemedconfoundedamoment:hegrewpale,androseup,eyeingherallthewhile,withanexpressionofmortalhate.

           "Ifyoustrikeme,Haretonwillstrikeyou,"shesaid;"soyoumayaswellsitdown."

           "IfHaretondoesnotturnyououtoftheroom,I’llstrikehimtohell,"thunderedHeathcliff."Damnablewitch!dareyoupretendtorousehimagainstme?Offwithher!Doyouhear?Flingherintothekitchen!I’llkillher,EllenDean,ifyoulethercomeintomysightagain!"

           Haretontried,underhisbreath,topersuadehertogo.

           "Dragheraway!"hecriedsavagely."Areyoustayingtotalk?"Andheapproachedtoexecutehisowncommand.

           "He’llnotobeyyou,wickedman,anymore,"saidCatherine;"andhe’llsoondetestyouasmuchasIdo."

           "Wisht!wisht!"mutteredtheyoungmanreproachfully."Iwillnothearyouspeaksotohim.Havedone."

           "Butyouwon’tlethimstrikeme?"shecried.

           "Come,then,"hewhisperedearnestly.

           Itwastoolate:Heathcliffhadcaughtholdofher.

           "Nowyougo!"hesaidtoEarnshaw."Accursedwitch!thistimeshehasprovokedmewhenIcouldnotbearit;andI’llmakeherrepentitforever!"

           Hehadhishandinherhair;Haretonattemptedtoreleaseherlocks,entreatinghimnottohurtherthatonce.