1801.-I have just returned from a visit to my landlord-the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a beautiful country! In all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society. A perfect misanthropist's heaven: and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us. A capital fellow! He little imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I beheld his black eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their brows, as I rode up, and when his fingers sheltered themselves, with a jealous resolution, still further in his waistcoat, as I announced my name. 'Mr. Heathcliff?' I said. A nod was the answer. 'Mr. Lockwood, your new tenant, sir. I do myself the honour of calling as soon as possible after my arrival, to express the hope that I have not inconvenienced you by my perseverance in soliciting the occupation of Thrushcross Grange: I heard yesterday you had had some thoughts-' 'Thrushcross Grange is my own, sir, ' he interrupted, wincing. 'I should not allow any one to inconvenience me, if I could hinder it-walk in!' The 'walk in' was uttered with closed teeth, and expressed the sentiment, 'Go to the Deuce: ' even the gate over which he leant manifested no sympathising movement to the words; and I think that circumstance determined me to accept the invitation: I felt interested in a man who seemed more exaggeratedly reserved than myself.
- | Author: Emily Bronte
- | Publisher: Blurb
- | Publication Date: February 27, 2021
- | Number of Pages: 360 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 046442982X
- | ISBN-13: 9780464429821
- Author:
- Emily Bronte
- Publisher:
- Blurb
- Publication Date:
- February 27, 2021
- Number of pages:
- 360 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 046442982X
- ISBN-13:
- 9780464429821