Heathcliff's Speech

Mrs. Heathcliff curled her lip and walked to a seat far off, where she kept her word by playing the part of a statue during the remainder of my stay. The clock chimed twelve as I entered the house, and that gave exactly an hour for every mile of the usual way from wuthering heights. My human fixture and her satellites rushed to welcome me, exclaiming too malctuously they had completely given me up. Everybody conjectured that I perished last night, and they were wondering how they must set about the search for my remains. After putting on dry clothes, and pacing to and fro 30 or 40 minutes to restore the animal heat, I adjourned to my