4/19 'Then I can go, too, when I am a woman. Has papa been, Ellen ?' 'Papa would tell you, Miss,' I answered, hastily, 'that they are not worth the trouble of visiting. The moors, where you ramble with him, are much nicer; and Thrushcross Park is the finest place in the world.' 'But I know the park, and I don't know those,' she murmured to herself. But Miss Catherine measured her age by months, and, 'Now, am I old enough to go to Penistone Crags ?' was the constant question in her mouth. The road thither wound close by Wuthering Heights. |