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Chapter 33
Heathcliff’sblackeyesflashed;heseemedreadytotearCatherineinpieces,andIwasjustworkeduptoriskcomingtotherescue,whenofasuddenhisfingersrelaxed;heshiftedhisgraspfromherheadtoherarm,andgazedintentlyinherface.Thenhedrewhishandoverhereyes,stoodamomenttocollecthimselfapparently,andturninganewtoCatherine,said,withassumedcalmness:"Youmustlearntoavoidputtingmeinapassion,orIshallreallymurderyousometime!GowithMrs.Dean,andkeepwithher;andconfineyourinsolencetoherears.AstoHaretonEarnshaw,ifIseehimlistentoyou,I’llsendhimseekinghisbreadwherehecangetit!Yourlovewillmakehimanoutcastandabeggar.Nelly,takeher;andleaveme,allofyou!Leaveme!"
Iledmyyoungladyout:shewastoogladofherescapetoresist;theotherfollowed,andMr.Heathcliffhadtheroomtohimselftilldinner.IhadcounselledCatherinetodineupstairs;but,assoonasheperceivedhervacantseat,hesentmetocallher.Hespoketononeofus,ateverylittle,andwentoutdirectlyafterwards,intimatingthathewouldnotreturnbeforeevening.
Thetwonewfriendsestablishedthemselvesinthehouseduringhisabsence;whenIheardHaretonsternlycheckhiscousin,onherofferingarevelationofherfather-in-law’sconducttohisfather.Hesaidhewouldn’tsufferawordtobeutteredinhisdisparagement:ifhewerethedevil,itdidn’tsignify:hewouldstandbyhim;andhe’drathershewouldabusehimself,assheusedto,thanbeginonMr.Heathcliff.
