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Chapter 5
Hewas,andisyetmostlikely,thewearisomestself-righteousPhariseethateverransackedaBibletorakethepromisestohimselfandflingthecursestohisneighbours.Byhisknackofsermonisingandpiousdiscoursing,hecontrivedtomakeagreatimpressiononMr.Earnshaw;andthemorefeeblethemasterbecame,themoreinfluencehegained.Hewasrelentlessinworryinghimabouthissoul’sconcerns,andaboutrulinghischildrenrigidly.HeencouragedhimtoregardHindleyasareprobate;and,nightafternight,heregularlygrumbledoutalongstringoftalesagainstHeathcliffandCatherine:alwaysmindingtoflatterEarnshaw’sweaknessbyheapingtheheaviestblameonthelatter.
Certainly,shehadwayswithhersuchasIneversawachildtakeupbefore;andsheputallofuspastourpatiencefiftytimesandoftenerinaday:fromthehourshecamedownstairstillthehourshewenttobed,wehadnotaminute’ssecuritythatshewouldn’tbeinmischief.Herspiritswerealwaysathigh-watermark,hertonguealwaysgoing—singing,laughing,andplaguingeverybodywhowouldnotdothesame.Awild,wickedslipshewas—butshehadthebonniesteye,thesweetestsmile,andlightestfootintheparish;and,afterall,Ibelieveshemeantnoharm;forwhenonceshemadeyoucryingoodearnest,itseldomhappenedthatshewouldnotkeepyoucompany,andobligeyoutobequietthatyoumightcomforther.ShewasmuchtoofondofHeathcliff.Thegreatestpunishmentwecouldinventforherwastokeepherseparatefromhim:yetshegotchidedmorethananyofusonhisaccount.Inplay,shelikedexceedinglytoactthelittlemistress;usingherhandsfreely,andcommandinghercompanions:shedidsotome,butIwouldnotbearshoppingandordering;andsoIletherknow.
