Ithoughtheintendedtocutacaperroundthebed; butsuddenlycomposinghimself, hefellonhisknees, andraisedhishands, andreturnedthanksthatthelawfulmasterandtheancientstockwererestoredtotheirrights.
Ifeltstunnedbytheawfulevent; , themostwronged, , , andkissedthesarcastic, savagefacethateveryoneelseshrankfromcontemplating; andbemoanedhimwiththatstronggriefwhichspringsnaturallyfromagenerousheart, thoughitbetoughastemperedsteel.
, fearingitmightleadtotrouble, andthen, Iampersuadedhedidnotabstainonpurpose: itwastheconsequenceofhisstrangeillness, notthecause.
Weburiedhim, tothescandalofthewholeneighbourhood, , thesexton, andsixmentocarrythecoffin, comprehendedthewholeattendance.
Thesixmendepartedwhentheyhadletitdownintothegrave: , withastreamingface, duggreensods, andlaidthemoverthebrownmouldhimself: atpresentitisassmoothandverdantasitscompanionmounds—, ifyouaskthem, , andonthemoor, , you’llsay, ’emlookingoutofhischamberwindow, oneveryrainynightsincehisdeath:——adarkeveningthreateningthunder—and, justattheturnoftheHeights, Iencounteredalittleboywithasheepandtwolambsbeforehim; hewascryingterribly, andIsupposedthelambswereskittish, andwouldnotbeguided.
‘Whatisthematter, mylittleman?’ Iasked.
‘They’sHeathcliff, andawoman, yonder, undert’ Nab,’ heblubbered, ‘un’ Awdarnutpass ’em.’
Isawnothing; butneitherthesheepnorhewouldgoon; soIbidhimtaketheroadlowerdown.
