CathystayedatThrushcrossGrangefiveweeks: , , andcommencedherplanofreformbytryingtoraiseherself-respectwithfineclothesandflattery, whichshetookreadily; sothat, insteadofawild, hatlesslittlesavagejumpingintothehouse, andrushingtosqueezeusallbreathless, there ‘lightedfromahandsomeblackponyaverydignifiedperson, withbrownringletsfallingfromthecoverofafeatheredbeaver, andalongclothhabit, , exclaimingdelightedly, ‘Why, Cathy, youarequiteabeauty! Ishouldscarcelyhaveknownyou: , isshe, Frances?’ ‘Isabellahasnothernaturaladvantages,’ repliedhiswife: ‘, helpMissCatherineoffwithherthings—Stay, dear, youwilldisarrangeyourcurls—letmeuntieyourhat.’
Iremovedthehabit, andthereshoneforthbeneathagrandplaidsilkfrock, whitetrousers, andburnishedshoes; and, whilehereyessparkledjoyfullywhenthedogscameboundinguptowelcomeher, : IwasallflourmakingtheChristmascake, anditwouldnothavedonetogivemeahug; ; thinkingitwouldenablethemtojudge, insomemeasure, whatgroundstheyhadforhopingtosucceedinseparatingthetwofriends.
Heathcliffwashardtodiscover, , anduncaredfor, beforeCatherine’sabsence, , andbidhimwashhimself, onceaweek; , nottomentionhisclothes, whichhadseenthreemonths’ serviceinmireanddust, andhisthickuncombedhair, , onbeholdingsuchabright, gracefuldamselenterthehouse, insteadofarough-headedcounterpartofhimself, asheexpected.‘IsHeathcliffnothere?’ shedemanded, pullingoffhergloves, anddisplayingfingerswonderfullywhitenedwithdoingnothingandstayingindoors.
