Cathy's Disappointment

Mr Earnshaw did not understand jokes from his children. Catherine, on her part, had no idea why her father should be crosser and less patient in his ailing condition than he was in his prime. His peevish reproofs awakened in her a naughty delight to provoke him. After behaving as badly as possible all day, she sometimes came fondling to make it up at night. The old man would say, I cannot love thee thou worse than thy brother. Go say thy prayers, child, and ask God's pardon. He died quietly in his chair one October evening, seated by the fireside.