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  • CHAPTER XIX

    A letter, edged with black, announced the day of my master’s return. Isabella was dead; and he wrote to bid me get mourning for his daughter, and arrange a room, and other accommodations, for his youthful nephew. Catherine ran wild with joy at the idea of welcoming her father back; and indulged most sanguine1 anticipations2 of the innumerable excellencies of her “real” cousin. The evening of their expected arrival came. Since early morning she had been busy ordering her own small affairs; and now attired3 in her new black frock—poor thing! her aunt’s death impressed her with no definite sorrow—she obliged me, by constant worrying, to walk with her down through the grounds to meet them.

    “Linton is just six months younger than I am,” she chattered4, as we strolled leisurely5 over the swells6 and hollows of mossy turf, under shadow of the trees. “How delightful7 it will be to have him for a playfellow! Aunt Isabella sent papa a beautiful lock of his hair; it was lighter8 than mine—more flaxen, and quite as fine. I have it carefully preserved in a little glass box; and I’ve often thought what a pleasure it would be to see its owner. Oh! I am happy—and papa, dear, dear papa! Come, Ellen, let us run! come, run.”

    She ran, and returned and ran again, many times before my sober footsteps reached the gate, and then she seated herself on the grassy9 bank beside the path, and tried to wait patiently; but that was impossible: she couldn’t be still a minute.

    “How long they are!” she exclaimed. “Ah, I see some dust on the road—they are coming! No! When will they be here? May we not go a little way—half a mile, Ellen, only just half a mile? Do say yes, to that clump10 of birches at the turn!”

    I refused staunchly. At length her suspense11 was ended: the travelling carriage rolled in sight. Miss Cathy shrieked12 and stretched out her arms as soon as she caught her father’s face looking from the window. He descended13, nearly as eager as herself; and a considerable interval14 elapsed ere they had a thought to spare for any but themselves. While they exchanged caresses15 I took a peep in to see after Linton. He was asleep in a corner, wrapped in a warm, fur-lined cloak, as if it had been winter. A pale, delicate, effeminate boy, who might have been taken for my master’s younger brother, so strong was the resemblance: but there was a sickly peevishness16 in his aspect that Edgar Linton never had. The latter saw me looking; and having shaken hands, advised me to close the door, and leave him undisturbed; for the journey had fatigued17 him. Cathy would fain have taken one glance, but her father told her to come, and they walked together up the park, while I hastened before to prepare the servants.

    “Now, darling,” said Mr. Linton, addressing his daughter, as they halted at the bottom of the front steps: “your cousin is not so strong or so merry as you are, and he has lost his mother, remember, a very short time since; therefore, don’t expect him to play and run about with you directly. And don’t harass19 him much by talking: let him be quiet this evening, at least, will you?”

    “Yes, yes, papa,” answered Catherine: “but I do want to see him; and he hasn’t once looked out.”

    The carriage stopped; and the sleeper20 being roused, was lifted to the ground by his uncle.

    “This is your cousin Cathy, Linton,” he said, putting their little hands together. “She’s fond of you already; and mind you don’t grieve her by crying to-night. Try to be cheerful now; the travelling is at an end, and you have nothing to do but rest and amuse yourself as you please.”

    “Let me go to bed, then,” answered the boy, shrinking from Catherine’s salute21; and he put his fingers to his eyes to remove incipient22 tears.

    “Come, come, there’s a good child,” I whispered, leading him in. “You’ll make her weep too—see how sorry she is for you!”

    I do not know whether it was sorrow for him, but his cousin put on as sad a countenance23 as himself, and returned to her father. All three entered, and mounted to the library, where tea was laid ready. I proceeded to remove Linton’s cap and mantle24, and placed him on a chair by the table; but he was no sooner seated than he began to cry afresh. My master inquired what was the matter.

    “I can’t sit on a chair,” sobbed25 the boy.

    “Go to the sofa, then, and Ellen shall bring you some tea,” answered his uncle patiently.

    He had been greatly tried, during the journey, I felt convinced, by his fretful ailing26 charge. Linton slowly trailed himself off, and lay down. Cathy carried a footstool and her cup to his side. At first she sat silent; but that could not last: she had resolved to make a pet of her little cousin, as she would have him to be; and she commenced stroking his curls, and kissing his cheek, and offering him tea in her saucer, like a baby. This pleased him, for he was not much better: he dried his eyes, and lightened into a faint smile.

    “Oh, he’ll do very well,” said the master to me, after watching them a minute. “Very well, if we can keep him, Ellen. The company of a child of his own age will instil27 new spirit into him soon, and by wishing for strength he’ll gain it.”

    “Ay, if we can keep him!” I mused28 to myself; and sore misgivings29 came over me that there was slight hope of that. And then, I thought, how ever will that weakling live at Wuthering Heights? Between his father and Hareton, what playmates and instructors30 they’ll be. Our doubts were presently decided—even earlier than I expected. I had just taken the children upstairs, after tea was finished, and seen Linton asleep—he would not suffer me to leave him till that was the case—I had come down, and was standing31 by the table in the hall, lighting32 a bedroom candle for Mr. Edgar, when a maid stepped out of the kitchen and informed me that Mr. Heathcliff’s servant Joseph was at the door, and wished to speak with the master.

    “I shall ask him what he wants first,” I said, in considerable trepidation33. “A very unlikely hour to be troubling people, and the instant they have returned from a long journey. I don’t think the master can see him.”

    Joseph had advanced through the kitchen as I uttered these words, and now presented himself in the hall. He was donned in his Sunday garments, with his most sanctimonious34 and sourest face, and, holding his hat in one hand, and his stick in the other, he proceeded to clean his shoes on the mat.

    “Good-evening, Joseph,” I said, coldly. “What business brings you here to-night?”

    “It’s Maister Linton I mun spake to,” he answered, waving me disdainfully aside.

    “Mr. Linton is going to bed; unless you have something particular to say, I’m sure he won’t hear it now,” I continued. “You had better sit down in there, and entrust35 your message to me.”

    “Which is his rahm?” pursued the fellow, surveying the range of closed doors.

    I perceived he was bent36 on refusing my mediation37, so very reluctantly I went up to the library, and announced the unseasonable visitor, advising that he should be dismissed till next day. Mr. Linton had no time to empower me to do so, for Joseph mounted close at my heels, and, pushing into the apartment, planted himself at the far side of the table, with his two fists clapped on the head of his stick, and began in an elevated tone, as if anticipating opposition—

    “Hathecliff has sent me for his lad, and I munn’t goa back ’bout18 him.”

    Edgar Linton was silent a minute; an expression of exceeding sorrow overcast38 his features: he would have pitied the child on his own account; but, recalling Isabella’s hopes and fears, and anxious wishes for her son, and her commendations of him to his care, he grieved bitterly at the prospect39 of yielding him up, and searched in his heart how it might be avoided. No plan offered itself: the very exhibition of any desire to keep him would have rendered the claimant more peremptory40: there was nothing left but to resign him. However, he was not going to rouse him from his sleep.

    “Tell Mr. Heathcliff,” he answered calmly, “that his son shall come to Wuthering Heights to-morrow. He is in bed, and too tired to go the distance now. You may also tell him that the mother of Linton desired him to remain under my guardianship41; and, at present, his health is very precarious42.”

    “Noa!” said Joseph, giving a thud with his prop43 on the floor, and assuming an authoritative44 air. “Noa! that means naught45. Hathecliff maks noa ’count o’ t’ mother, nor ye norther; but he’ll hev his lad; und I mun tak’ him—soa now ye knaw!”

    “You shall not to-night!” answered Linton decisively. “Walk down stairs at once, and repeat to your master what I have said. Ellen, show him down. Go—”

    And, aiding the indignant elder with a lift by the arm, he rid the room of him and closed the door.

    “Varrah weell!” shouted Joseph, as he slowly drew off. “To-morn, he’s come hisseln, and thrust him out, if ye darr!”



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    1 sanguine [ˈsæŋgwɪn] dCOzF   第9级
    adj.充满希望的,乐观的,血红色的
    参考例句:
    • He has a sanguine attitude to life. 他对于人生有乐观的看法。
    • He is not very sanguine about our chances of success. 他对我们成功的机会不太乐观。
    2 anticipations [ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃənz] 5b99dd11cd8d6a699f0940a993c12076   第8级
    预期( anticipation的名词复数 ); 预测; (信托财产收益的)预支; 预期的事物
    参考例句:
    • The thought took a deal of the spirit out of his anticipations. 想到这,他的劲头消了不少。
    • All such bright anticipations were cruelly dashed that night. 所有这些美好的期望全在那天夜晚被无情地粉碎了。
    3 attired [əˈtaiəd] 1ba349e3c80620d3c58c9cc6c01a7305   第10级
    adj.穿着整齐的v.使穿上衣服,使穿上盛装( attire的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The bride was attired in white. 新娘穿一身洁白的礼服。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • It is appropriate that everyone be suitably attired. 人人穿戴得体是恰当的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    4 chattered [ˈtʃætəd] 0230d885b9f6d176177681b6eaf4b86f   第7级
    (人)喋喋不休( chatter的过去式 ); 唠叨; (牙齿)打战; (机器)震颤
    参考例句:
    • They chattered away happily for a while. 他们高兴地闲扯了一会儿。
    • We chattered like two teenagers. 我们聊着天,像两个十多岁的孩子。
    5 leisurely [ˈleʒəli] 51Txb   第9级
    adj.悠闲的;从容的,慢慢的
    参考例句:
    • We walked in a leisurely manner, looking in all the windows. 我们慢悠悠地走着,看遍所有的橱窗。
    • He had a leisurely breakfast and drove cheerfully to work. 他从容的吃了早餐,高兴的开车去工作。
    6 swells [swelz] e5cc2e057ee1aff52e79fb6af45c685d   第7级
    增强( swell的第三人称单数 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情)
    参考例句:
    • The waters were heaving up in great swells. 河水正在急剧上升。
    • A barrel swells in the middle. 水桶中部隆起。
    7 delightful [dɪˈlaɪtfl] 6xzxT   第8级
    adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的
    参考例句:
    • We had a delightful time by the seashore last Sunday. 上星期天我们在海滨玩得真痛快。
    • Peter played a delightful melody on his flute. 彼得用笛子吹奏了一支欢快的曲子。
    8 lighter [ˈlaɪtə(r)] 5pPzPR   第8级
    n.打火机,点火器;驳船;v.用驳船运送;light的比较级
    参考例句:
    • The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter. 这张画经过润色,色调明朗了一些。
    • The lighter works off the car battery. 引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。
    9 grassy [ˈgrɑ:si] DfBxH   第9级
    adj.盖满草的;长满草的
    参考例句:
    • They sat and had their lunch on a grassy hillside. 他们坐在长满草的山坡上吃午饭。
    • Cattle move freely across the grassy plain. 牛群自由自在地走过草原。
    10 clump [klʌmp] xXfzH   第10级
    n.树丛,草丛;vi.用沉重的脚步行走
    参考例句:
    • A stream meandered gently through a clump of trees. 一条小溪从树丛中蜿蜒穿过。
    • It was as if he had hacked with his thick boots at a clump of bluebells. 仿佛他用自己的厚靴子无情地践踏了一丛野风信子。
    11 suspense [səˈspens] 9rJw3   第8级
    n.(对可能发生的事)紧张感,担心,挂虑
    参考例句:
    • The suspense was unbearable. 这样提心吊胆的状况实在叫人受不了。
    • The director used ingenious devices to keep the audience in suspense. 导演用巧妙手法引起观众的悬念。
    12 shrieked [ʃri:kt] dc12d0d25b0f5d980f524cd70c1de8fe   第7级
    v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • She shrieked in fright. 她吓得尖叫起来。
    • Li Mei-t'ing gave a shout, and Lu Tzu-hsiao shrieked, "Tell what? 李梅亭大声叫,陆子潇尖声叫:“告诉什么? 来自汉英文学 - 围城
    13 descended [di'sendid] guQzoy   第7级
    a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
    参考例句:
    • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
    • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
    14 interval [ˈɪntəvl] 85kxY   第7级
    n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息
    参考例句:
    • The interval between the two trees measures 40 feet. 这两棵树的间隔是40英尺。
    • There was a long interval before he anwsered the telephone. 隔了好久他才回了电话。
    15 caresses [kə'resɪs] 300460a787072f68f3ae582060ed388a   第7级
    爱抚,抚摸( caress的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • A breeze caresses the cheeks. 微风拂面。
    • Hetty was not sufficiently familiar with caresses or outward demonstrations of fondness. 海蒂不习惯于拥抱之类过于外露地表现自己的感情。
    16 peevishness ['pi:viʃnis] c8959e579dccd384460010a43e0f2701   第12级
    脾气不好;爱发牢骚
    参考例句:
    • Timid people always wreak their peevishness on the gentle. 怯懦的人总是把满腹牢骚向温和的人发泄。 来自辞典例句
    • Be gentle In old age; peevishness are worse second childhood than In first. 老来要和蔼;第二幼年期的乖戾暴躁,更有甚于第一期。 来自互联网
    17 fatigued [fə'ti:gd] fatigued   第7级
    adj. 疲乏的
    参考例句:
    • The exercises fatigued her. 操练使她感到很疲乏。
    • The President smiled, with fatigued tolerance for a minor person's naivety. 总统笑了笑,疲惫地表现出对一个下级人员的天真想法的宽容。
    18 bout [baʊt] Asbzz   第9级
    n.侵袭,发作;一次(阵,回);拳击等比赛
    参考例句:
    • I was suffering with a bout of nerves. 我感到一阵紧张。
    • That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her. 那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。
    19 harass [ˈhærəs] ceNzZ   第9级
    vt.使烦恼,折磨,骚扰
    参考例句:
    • Our mission is to harass the landing of the main Japaness expeditionary force. 我们的任务是骚乱日本远征军主力的登陆。
    • They received the order to harass the enemy's rear. 他们接到骚扰敌人后方的命令。
    20 sleeper [ˈsli:pə(r)] gETyT   第7级
    n.睡眠者,卧车,卧铺
    参考例句:
    • I usually go up to London on the sleeper. 我一般都乘卧车去伦敦。
    • But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. 但首先他解释说自己睡觉很沉。
    21 salute [səˈlu:t] rYzx4   第7级
    vi.行礼,致意,问候,放礼炮;vt.向…致意,迎接,赞扬;n.招呼,敬礼,礼炮
    参考例句:
    • Merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag. 商船互相点旗致敬。
    • The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome. 这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。
    22 incipient [ɪnˈsɪpiənt] HxFyw   第9级
    adj.起初的,发端的,初期的
    参考例句:
    • The anxiety has been sharpened by the incipient mining boom. 采矿业初期的蓬勃发展加剧了这种担忧。
    • What we see then is an incipient global inflation. 因此,我们看到的是初期阶段的全球通胀.
    23 countenance [ˈkaʊntənəns] iztxc   第9级
    n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同
    参考例句:
    • At the sight of this photograph he changed his countenance. 他一看见这张照片脸色就变了。
    • I made a fierce countenance as if I would eat him alive. 我脸色恶狠狠地,仿佛要把他活生生地吞下去。
    24 mantle [ˈmæntl] Y7tzs   第9级
    n.斗篷,覆罩之物,罩子;vt.&vi.罩住,覆盖,脸红
    参考例句:
    • The earth had donned her mantle of brightest green. 大地披上了苍翠欲滴的绿色斗篷。
    • The mountain was covered with a mantle of snow. 山上覆盖着一层雪。
    25 sobbed ['sɒbd] 4a153e2bbe39eef90bf6a4beb2dba759   第7级
    哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说
    参考例句:
    • She sobbed out the story of her son's death. 她哭诉着她儿子的死。
    • She sobbed out the sad story of her son's death. 她哽咽着诉说她儿子死去的悲惨经过。
    26 ailing ['eiliŋ] XzzzbA   第11级
    v.生病
    参考例句:
    • They discussed the problems ailing the steel industry. 他们讨论了困扰钢铁工业的问题。
    • She looked after her ailing father. 她照顾有病的父亲。
    27 instil [ɪnˈstɪl] a6bxR   第11级
    vt.逐渐灌输
    参考例句:
    • It's necessary to instil the minds of the youth with lofty ideals. 把崇高理想灌输到年青人的思想中去是很必要的。
    • The motive of the executions would be to instil fear. 执行死刑的动机是要灌输恐惧。
    28 mused [m'ju:zd] 0affe9d5c3a243690cca6d4248d41a85   第8级
    v.沉思,冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 );沉思自语说(某事)
    参考例句:
    • \"I wonder if I shall ever see them again, \"he mused. “我不知道是否还可以再见到他们,”他沉思自问。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • \"Where are we going from here?\" mused one of Rutherford's guests. 卢瑟福的一位客人忍不住说道:‘我们这是在干什么?” 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
    29 misgivings [mɪs'ɡɪvɪŋz] 0nIzyS   第8级
    n.疑虑,担忧,害怕;疑虑,担心,恐惧( misgiving的名词复数 );疑惧
    参考例句:
    • I had grave misgivings about making the trip. 对于这次旅行我有过极大的顾虑。
    • Don't be overtaken by misgivings and fear. Just go full stream ahead! 不要瞻前顾后, 畏首畏尾。甩开膀子干吧! 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    30 instructors [ɪnst'rʌktəz] 5ea75ff41aa7350c0e6ef0bd07031aa4   第7级
    指导者,教师( instructor的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • The instructors were slacking on the job. 教员们对工作松松垮垮。
    • He was invited to sit on the rostrum as a representative of extramural instructors. 他以校外辅导员身份,被邀请到主席台上。
    31 standing [ˈstændɪŋ] 2hCzgo   第8级
    n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
    参考例句:
    • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing. 地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
    • They're standing out against any change in the law. 他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
    32 lighting [ˈlaɪtɪŋ] CpszPL   第7级
    n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光
    参考例句:
    • The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting. 煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
    • The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic. 那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
    33 trepidation [ˌtrepɪˈdeɪʃn] igDy3   第11级
    n.惊恐,惶恐
    参考例句:
    • The men set off in fear and trepidation. 这群人惊慌失措地出发了。
    • The threat of an epidemic caused great alarm and trepidation. 流行病猖獗因而人心惶惶。
    34 sanctimonious [ˌsæŋktɪˈməʊniəs] asCy4   第10级
    adj.假装神圣的,假装虔诚的,假装诚实的
    参考例句:
    • It's that sanctimonious air that people can't stand. 人们所不能容忍的就是那副假正经的样子。
    • You do not have to be so sanctimonious to prove that you are devout. 您不必如此伪善。
    35 entrust [ɪnˈtrʌst] JoLxh   第8级
    vt.信赖,信托,交托
    参考例句:
    • I couldn't entrust my children to strangers. 我不能把孩子交给陌生人照看。
    • They can be entrusted to solve major national problems. 可以委托他们解决重大国家问题。
    36 bent [bent] QQ8yD   第7级
    n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的;v.(使)弯曲,屈身(bend的过去式和过去分词)
    参考例句:
    • He was fully bent upon the project. 他一心扑在这项计划上。
    • We bent over backward to help them. 我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
    37 mediation [ˌmi:di'eiʃən] 5Cxxl   第9级
    n.调解
    参考例句:
    • The dispute was settled by mediation of the third country. 这场争端通过第三国的斡旋而得以解决。
    • The dispute was settled by mediation. 经调解使争端得以解决。
    38 overcast [ˌəʊvəˈkɑ:st] cJ2xV   第10级
    adj.阴天的,阴暗的,愁闷的;v.遮盖,(使)变暗,包边缝;n.覆盖,阴天
    参考例句:
    • The overcast and rainy weather found out his arthritis. 阴雨天使他的关节炎发作了。
    • The sky is overcast with dark clouds. 乌云满天。
    39 prospect [ˈprɒspekt] P01zn   第7级
    n.前景,前途;景色,视野
    参考例句:
    • This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect. 事态呈现出可喜的前景。
    • The prospect became more evident. 前景变得更加明朗了。
    40 peremptory [pəˈremptəri] k3uz8   第11级
    adj.紧急的,专横的,断然的
    参考例句:
    • The officer issued peremptory commands. 军官发出了不容许辩驳的命令。
    • There was a peremptory note in his voice. 他说话的声音里有一种不容置辩的口气。
    41 guardianship [ˈgɑ:diənʃɪp] ab24b083713a2924f6878c094b49d632   第7级
    n. 监护, 保护, 守护
    参考例句:
    • They had to employ the English language in face of the jealous guardianship of Britain. 他们不得不在英国疑忌重重的监护下使用英文。
    • You want Marion to set aside her legal guardianship and give you Honoria. 你要马丽恩放弃她的法定监护人资格,把霍诺丽娅交给你。
    42 precarious [prɪˈkeəriəs] Lu5yV   第9级
    adj.不安定的,靠不住的;根据不足的
    参考例句:
    • Our financial situation had become precarious. 我们的财务状况已变得不稳定了。
    • He earned a precarious living as an artist. 作为一个艺术家,他过得是朝不保夕的生活。
    43 prop [prɒp] qR2xi   第7级
    vt.支撑;n.支柱,支撑物;支持者,靠山
    参考例句:
    • A worker put a prop against the wall of the tunnel to keep it from falling. 一名工人用东西支撑住隧道壁好使它不会倒塌。
    • The government does not intend to prop up declining industries. 政府无意扶持不景气的企业。
    44 authoritative [ɔ:ˈθɒrətətɪv] 6O3yU   第7级
    adj.有权威的,可相信的;命令式的;官方的
    参考例句:
    • David speaks in an authoritative tone. 大卫以命令的口吻说话。
    • Her smile was warm but authoritative. 她的笑容很和蔼,同时又透着威严。
    45 naught [nɔ:t] wGLxx   第9级
    n.无,零 [=nought]
    参考例句:
    • He sets at naught every convention of society. 他轻视所有的社会习俗。
    • I hope that all your efforts won't go for naught. 我希望你的努力不会毫无结果。

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