You were mighty eager to set off, but your longing to see poor Linton has soon evaporated!' 'Why did _he_ wish to see me ?' returned Catherine.

'In his crossest humours, formerly, I liked him better than I do in his present curious mood.

It's just as if it were a task he was compelled to perform--this interview--for fear his father should scold him.

But I'm hardly going to come to give Mr.Heathcliff pleasure; whatever reason he may have for ordering Linton to undergo this penance.

And, though I'm glad he's better in health, I'm sorry he's so much less pleasant, and so much less affectionate to me.' 'You think _he is_ better in health, then ?' I said.
'Yes,' she answered; 'because he always made such a great deal of his sufferings, you know.