I was sweeping the hearth, and I noticed a mischievous smile on her lips.

Isabella, absorbed in her meditations, or a book, remained till the door opened; and it was too late to attempt an escape, which she would gladly have done had it been practicable.
'Come in, that's right!' exclaimed the mistress, gaily, pulling a chair to the fire.

'Here are two people sadly in need of a third to thaw the ice between them; and you are the very one we should both of us choose.
Heathcliff, I'm proud to show you, at last, somebody that dotes on you more than myself.

I expect you to feel flattered.

Nay, it's not Nelly; don't look at her! My poor little sister-in-law is breaking her heart by mere contemplation of your physical and moral beauty.