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383 the slight rustle of the covering being removed; then she stole away, and quietly seated herself beside her cousin. He trembled, and his face glowed--all his rudeness and all his surly harshness had deserted him--he could not summon courage, at first, to utter a syllable in reply to her questioning look, and her murmured petition. “Say you forgive me, Hareton, do! You can make me so happy, by speaking that little word.” He muttered something inaudible. “And you’ll be my friend?” added Catherine, interrogatively. “Nay! you’ll be ashamed of me every day of your life,” he answered; “and the more, the more you know me; and I cannot bide it.” “So, you won’t be my friend?” she said, smiling as sweet as honey, and creeping close up. I overheard no further distinguishable talk; but, on looking round again, I perceived two such radiant countenances bent over the page of the accepted book, that I did not doubt the treaty had been ratified on both sides, and the enemies were, thenceforth, sworn allies. The work they studied was full of costly pictures; and those, and their position, had charm enough to keep them unmoved till Joseph came home. He, poor man, was perfectly aghast at the spectacle of Catherine seated on the same bench with Hareton Earnshaw, leaning her hand on his shoulder; and confounded at his favourite’s endurance of her proximity: it affected him too deeply to allow an observation on the subject that night. His emotion was only revealed by the immense sighs he drew, as he solemnly spread his large Bible on the table, and overlaid it with |
