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218 finishing him completely; but getting out of breath he finally desisted, and dragged the apparently inanimate body on to the settle. “There he tore off the sleeve of Earnshaw’s coat, and bound up the wound with brutal roughness, spitting and cursing during the operation as energetically as he had kicked before. “Being at liberty, I lost no time in seeking the old servant; who, having gathered by degrees the purport of my hasty tale, hurried below, gasping, as he descended the steps two at once. “‘Whet is thur tuh do, nah? whet is thur tuh do, nah?’ “‘There’s this to do,’ thundered Heathcliff, ‘that your master’s mad; and should he last another month, I’ll have him to an asylum. And how the devil did you come to fasten me out, you toothless hound? Don’t stand muttering and mumbling there. Come, I’m not going to nurse him. Wash that stuff away; and mind the sparks of your candle--it is more than half brandy!’ “‘Und soa, yah been murthering on him?’ exclaimed Joseph, lifting his hands and eyes in horror. ‘If iver Aw seed a seeght loike this! May the Lord--’ “Heathcliff gave him a push on to his knees in the middle of the blood, and flung a towel to him; but instead of proceeding to dry it up, he joined his hands and began a prayer, which excited my laughter from its odd phraseology. I was in the condition of mind to be shocked at nothing; in fact, I was as reckless as some malefactors show themselves at the foot of the gallows. “‘Oh, I forgot you,’ said the tyrant. ‘You shall do that. Down with you. And you conspire with him against me, do you, viper? There, that is work fit for you!’ “He shook me till my teeth rattled, and pitched me beside |
