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           Shesoonheardme:shewasmilkingthecowsinashedbehindthebarn,andhurryingfromherwork,sheenquiredwhattherewastodo?Ihadn’tbreathtoexplain;draggingherin,IlookedaboutforLinton.Earnshawhadcomeouttoexaminethemischiefhehadcaused,andhewasthenconveyingthepoorthingupstairs.ZillahandIascendedafterhim;buthestoppedmeatthetopofthesteps,andsaidIshouldn’tgoin:Imustgohome.IexclaimedthathehadkilledLinton,andIwouldenter.Josephlockedthedoor,anddeclaredIshoulddo‘nosichstuff,’andaskedmewhetherIwere‘bahntobeasmadashim.’Istoodcrying,tillthehousekeeperreappeared.Sheaffirmedhewouldbebetterinabit,buthecouldn’tdowiththatshriekinganddin;andshetookme,andnearlycarriedmeintothehouse.

           "Ellen,Iwasreadytotearmyhairoffmyhead!Isobbedandweptsothatmyeyeswerealmostblind;andtheruffianyouhavesuchsympathywithstoodopposite:presumingeverynowandthentobidme‘wisht,’anddenyingthatitwashisfault;and,finally,frightenedbymyassertionsthatIwouldtellpapa,andthatheshouldbeputinprisonandhanged,hecommencedblubberinghimself,andhurriedouttohidehiscowardlyagitation.Still,Iwasnotridofhim:whenatlengththeycompelledmetodepart,andIhadgonesomehundredyardsoffthepremises,hesuddenlyissuedfromtheshadowoftheroadside,andcheckedMinnyandtookholdofme.