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Chapter 17
Hehadthehypocrisytorepresentamourner:andprevioustofollowingHareton,heliftedtheunfortunatechildontothetableandmuttered,withpeculiargusto,"Now,mybonnylad,youaremine!Andwe’llseeifonetreewon’tgrowascrookedasanother,withthesamewindtotwistit!"Theunsuspectingthingwaspleasedatthisspeech:heplayedwithHeathcliff’swhiskers,andstrokedhischeek;butIdivineditsmeaning,andobservedtartly,"ThatboymustgobackwithmetoThrushcrossGrange,sir.Thereisnothingintheworldlessyoursthanheis!"
"DoesLintonsayso?"hedemanded.
"Ofcourse—hehasorderedmetotakehim,"Ireplied.
"Well,"saidthescoundrel,"we’llnotarguethesubjectnow:butIhaveafancytotrymyhandatrearingayoungone;sointimatetoyourmasterthatImustsupplytheplaceofthiswithmyown,ifheattempttoremoveit.Idon’tengagetoletHaretongoundisputed;butI’llbeprettysuretomaketheothercome!Remembertotellhim."
Thishintwasenoughtobindmyhands.Irepeateditssubstanceonmyreturn;andEdgarLinton,littleinterestedatthecommencement,spokenomoreofinterfering.I’mnotawarethathecouldhavedoneittoanypurpose,hadhebeeneversowilling.
TheguestwasnowthemasterofWutheringHeights:heheldfirmpossession,andprovedtotheattorney—who,inhisturn,provedittoMr.Linton—thatEarnshawhadmortgagedeveryyardoflandheowned,forcashtosupplyhismaniaforgaming;andhe,Heathcliff,wasthemortgagee
