Грозовий перевал
Chapter 34
Ifeltstunnedbytheawfulevent;andmymemoryunavoidablyrecurredtoformertimeswithasortofoppressivesadness.ButpoorHareton,themostwronged,wastheonlyonewhoreallysufferedmuch.Hesatbythecorpseallnight,weepinginbitterearnest.Hepresseditshand,andkissedthesarcasticsavagefacethateveryoneelseshrankfromcontemplating;andbemoanedhimwiththatstronggriefwhichspringsnaturallyfromagenerousheart,thoughitbetoughastemperedsteel.
Dr.Kennethwasperplexedtopronounceofwhatdisorderthemasterdied.Iconcealedthefactofhishavingswallowednothingforfourdays,fearingitmightleadtotrouble,andthen,Iampersuaded,hedidnotabstainonpurpose:itwastheconsequenceofhisstrangeillness,notthecause.
Weburiedhim,tothescandalofthewholeneighbourhood,ashewished.EarnshawandI,thesexton,andsixmentocarrythecoffin,comprehendedthewholeattendance.Thesixmendepartedwhentheyhadletitdownintothegrave:westayedtoseeitcovered.Hareton,withastreamingface,duggreensods,andlaidthemoverthebrownmoundhimself;atpresentitisassmoothandverdantasitscompanionmounds—andIhopeitstenantsleepsassoundly.Butthecountryfolk,ifyouaskthem,wouldswearontheBiblethathewalks:therearethosewhospeakofhavingmethimnearthechurch,andonthemoor,andeveninthishouse.Idletales,you’llsay,andsosayI.
