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Chapter 6

           Wedon’tingeneraltaketoforeignershere,Mr.Lockwood,unlesstheytaketousfirst.

           YoungEarnshawwasalteredconsiderablyinthethreeyearsofhisabsence.Hehadgrownsparer,andlosthiscolour,andspokeanddressedquitedifferently;and,ontheverydayofhisreturn,hetoldJosephandmewemustthenceforthquarterourselvesintheback-kitchen,andleavethehouseforhim.Indeed,hewouldhavecarpetedandpaperedasmallspareroomforaparlour;buthiswifeexpressedsuchpleasureatthewhitefloorandhugeglowingfire-place,atthepewterdishesanddelftcase,anddog-kennel,andthewidespacetherewastomoveaboutinwheretheyusuallysat,thathethoughtitunnecessarytohercomfort,andsodroppedtheintention.

           Sheexpressedpleasure,too,atfindingasisteramonghernewacquaintances;andsheprattledtoCatherine,andkissedher,andranaboutwithher,andgaveherquantitiesofpresents,atthebeginning.Heraffectiontiredverysoon,however,andwhenshegrewpeevish,Hindleybecametyrannical.Afewwordsfromher,evincingadisliketoHeathcliff,wereenoughtorouseinhimallhisoldhatredoftheboy.Hedrovehimfromtheircompanytotheservants,deprivedhimoftheinstructionsofthecurate,andinsistedthatheshouldlabouroutofdoorsinstead;compellinghimtodosoashardasanyotherhandonthefarm.

           Heathcliffborehisdegradationprettywellatfirst,becauseCathytaughthimwhatshelearnt,andworkedorplayedwithhiminthefields.

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