Then the woman-servant brought a basin of warm water, and washed her feet; and Mr.Linton mixed a tumbler of negus, and Isabella emptied a plateful of cakes into her lap, and Edgar stood gaping at a distance.

Afterwards, they dried and combed her beautiful hair, and gave her a pair of enormous slippers, and wheeled her to the fire; and I left her, as merry as she could be, dividing her food between the little dog and Skulker, whose nose she pinched as he ate; and kindling a spark of spirit in the vacant blue eyes of the Lintons--a dim reflection from her own enchanting face.

I saw they were full of stupid admiration; she is so immeasurably superior to them--to everybody on earth, is she not, Nelly ?' 'There will more come of this business than you reckon on,' I answered, covering him up and extinguishing the light.

'You are incurable, Heathcliff; and Mr.Hindley will have to proceed to extremities, see if he won't.' My words came truer than I desired.

The luckless adventure made Earnshaw furious.