Грозовий перевал
Chapter 33
Hetookthebookfromhishand,andglancedattheopenpage,thenreturneditwithoutanyobservation;merelysigningCatherineaway:hercompanionlingeredverylittlebehindher,andIwasabouttodepartalso,buthebidmesitstill.
"Itisapoorconclusion,isitnot?"heobserved,havingbroodedawhileonthescenehehadjustwitnessed:"anabsurdterminationtomyviolentexertions?Igetleversandmattockstodemolishthetwohouses,andtrainmyselftobecapableofworkinglikeHercules,andwheneverythingisreadyandinmypower,Ifindthewilltoliftaslateoffeitherroofhasvanished!Myoldenemieshavenotbeatenme;nowwouldbetheprecisetimetorevengemyselfontheirrepresentatives:Icoulddoit;andnonecouldhinderme.Butwhereistheuse?Idon’tcareforstriking;Ican’ttakethetroubletoraisemyhand!ThatsoundsasifIhadbeenlabouringthewholetimeonlytoexhibitafinetraitofmagnanimity.Itisfarfrombeingthecase:Ihavelostthefacultyofenjoyingtheirdestruction,andIamtooidletodestroyfornothing.
"Nelly,thereisastrangechangeapproaching:I’minitsshadowatpresent.Itakesolittleinterestinmydailylife,thatIhardlyremembertoeatanddrink.Thosetwowhohavelefttheroomaretheonlyobjectswhichretainadistinctmaterialappearancetome;andthatappearancecausesmepain,amountingtoagony.AboutherIwon’tspeak;andIdon’tdesiretothink;butIearnestlywishshewereinvisible:herpresenceinvokesonlymaddeningsensations.
