11. Cumbres Borrascosas

Capítulo 11
Heathcliff comienza a ejecutar su venganza, casándose con Isabella Linton y atormentando a Edgar y Catherine.

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Chapter eleven sometimes, thinking alone.In all these things, I felt in
the grip of sudden terror and gettingup and putting on my hat, I
thought of going to see what washappening on drunken peaks. I was convinced
that it was my duty to talkto Helley about what people were saying about
him. But when I remembered howhard I was in his vices, I

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lacked the courage to enter the house, realizing that my words could only have
very dubious effects. One time,going to Gimmerton, I got a little
out of my way and stopped beforethe property fence. There is a sandstone
tail that has etched the letters cB on its face, which looks north,
G, in which it looks eastand GT, in which it faces

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south- west. This stone servesto mark the different directions, the summits,
the village and the farm. Thesun bathed the top of the milestone
with its golden rays. This mademe think of summer and a flood of
childhood memories came to mind. Thatplace was preferred by Hindley and by me,
twenty years ago, for a longtime, I was watching the stone

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tail, leaning down I saw besideits base a hole where we used to
store pebbles snail shells and other smallpieces that were still there, and I
had the vision that my former playmateappeared digging the land with a piece of
poor slate. Hindley accidentally murmured.It seemed to me that the boy raised

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his face and looked at my facethe vision disappeared instantly, but in the
act I experienced a vivid desire togo to drunken peaks. A superstitious feeling
drove me. He could have diedon the verge of death. I thought
I was linking that hallucination to afateful omen. My anguish increased as I

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approached the house and in the endmy whole body trembled. When I saw
a degreased child leaning his head againstthe bars of the gate, I had
the impression that the apparition had goneahead of me, but thinking more slowly,
I understood that it should be Arreton, my Hareton, whom I had
not seen for a long time.God bless you, dear. I exclaimed

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Arenton I' m Elena Your Mistresswalked away from me and took a thick
Pedrusco I came to see your fatherAreton I told him. Did you understand
that if you remembered Elena, atleast my figure, you didn' t
remember? Realizing that if she rememberedElena, at least my figure, she
didn' t remember? He wrotethe stone and though I tried to calm

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him down, he threw it andhit me in the hat. At the
same time the little one released aretahila of curses that conscious or did not
emit. With the firmness of whoknows what he says, I felt more
pain than anger and I lacked littleto cry. I took an orange out
of his pocket and offered it tohim. He hesitated for a moment and
suddenly he took it out of myhands, as if he thought I was

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trying to trick him I taught himanother, but keeping it well within his
grasp. Who taught you those nicewords. Son, I asked the cursed
priest, he' s the priestand you answered. Give me that if
you tell me who taught you totalk, that' s how I'
ll give it. Dad' sdemon answered and Dad who teaches you,

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kept asking, rose above the fruit, but I raised it. Nothing answered
me. He doesn' t wantme to be by his side, because
I curse him and I swear andit' s the devil who teaches you
to curse Dad. Ah no who. So, Heathcliff asked him if he
wanted Mr Heathcliff and he said yes. Asking him why he responded, because

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he treats Dad badly as Dad treatsme, and because he denies Dad as
Dad denies me, and why helets me do everything I want. Then
the priest does not teach you toread and write. They didn' t
say I' d break his head. If I came in through the door.
Heathcliff has sworn it. I gavehim the orange and ordered him to
tell his father that a woman namedElenadin wanted to see him He walked the

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house down the path, but insteadof Hindley Heathcliff came out to see him
running like he had seen a ghost. This has nothing to do with the
matter with Miss Isabel, but whydid she influence me to increase my concerns
and to ensure that the pernicious influenceof that man did not extend to the
farm, which cost me, bythe way, a quarrel with Mrs Linton.

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The first day Headley came home,Miss Isabel was in the corral feeding
the pigeons. He had not spokento his sister- in- law for
three days, but had also suppressedhis protests with great satisfaction from all.
Heathcliff usually didn' t say Elizabetha useless word. But this time,
after I took a look at thehouse, I was in the kitchen window,

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but I retired so that he wouldn' t see me and approached her
and spoke to her. The youngwoman was troubled and seemed anxious to get
away, but he held her bythe arm. Isabel stood up, he
asked a question to which the ladydid not want to answer. Apparently,
he looked back at the house and, believing that no one saw him,

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had the nerve to kiss Isabel.Oh Judas Traitor I professed that you are
also a villain, a hypocritical mocker. What' s going on, Elena
said Catherine would come in at thetime, without me absorbing into the dinner
she was contemplating would have noticed.You miserable friend of yours I cried out
furiously. The miserable friend Hellen isalready in. You' ve seen us

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see what excuse you give to explainwhy you make love to Miss After you
said you despised her. Mrs Lintonwatched Isabel let go and run. Heathcliff
entered immediately I gave free rein tomy indignation, but Catherine told me to
shut up threatening to throw me outof the kitchen. Anyone would say you

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are. The lady exclaimed whether ornot you' d get involved in what
doesn' t concern you and added, addressing Henkley, what you' re
up to. He' s alreadywarned you to leave him alone. Isabel
tries to do it unless you're tired of coming here and want Linton
to forbid you entry. God doit. That ruffian answered and I hate
him more and more every day.If God does not keep you patient and

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peaceful, I will end up notresisting the desire I feel to send you
to eternity.“ Shut up anddon’ t despair me,” Catherine
ordered,“ because you have forgottenwhat I told you. It was Isabella
who found out what you care about. He answered. I have the right
to kiss her if she doesn't object. I' m not your
husband, you have no right tobe jealous. I' m not jealous

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of you, I' m jealousof you. Mrs Calm down. If
you like Isabel, you' llmarry her, but tell me if you
really like heathcliff See how you don' t answer. I' m sure
you don' t like him.Mr Linton would consent to his sister marrying
that man. I questioned him,I' d consent to it. Catherine
replied with a decisive tone. Thatdiscomfort could also be avoided. Heathclip said,

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' cause I don' t needyour consent at all. And to
you, Catalina, I' llsay two words, as the opportunity arises.
Find out that I know you've treated me horribly. You find
out horribly if you figure out thatI don' t know, you'
re a fool and if you imagineyou comfort me with sweet words, you

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' re an idiot and if youthink I won' t take revenge on
you. You' ll be convincedsoon. Otherwise, I' m glad
you told me your sister- in- law' s secret and I swear
I' ll be able to takeadvantage of it. Don' t get
in my way. But what isthis Mrs Linton, that I' ve
treated you horribly and you' regoing to avenge yourself how you' re

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going to avenge you clumsy ungrateful,how much I' ve treated you horribly.
I won' t get back atyou. He said heathclir with violent
hands. That' s not myplan. The tyrant oppresses his slaves and
this, instead of turning against him, come to those who are under torment
whenever you want. If it amusesyou, but let me ani, have
fun the same way and be verycareful to mock me, for you have

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destroyed my palace. Don' ttry to build a hut in its ruins
and make me dwell in it forcharity. If I thought you had an
interest in me marrying Isabel, I' d cut my throat before I did.
So what offends you is that I' m not jealous He shouted catalina,
because I' ll never worry aboutfinding you a wife again. Don

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' t worry, it would belike offering the devil a damned soul.
You' re excited to cause misfortune. Now that Eduardo mastered the displeasure that
he caused him your arrival and thatI began to be calm, you are
determined to look for camorra. FightEduardo if you want and cheat on his
sister and there you will have avengedme and much more than you could have

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imagined. The discussion for the timebeing Ms Linton sen n n the oscar
and silent beside the fire. Thedemon who had been submissive to her had
become indomitable. Heathclip stood before thelight, crossed his arms, plotting unquestionably
diabolical plans and I abandoned them andwent to find the master. This one

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was surprised he didn' t seehis wife. You' ve seen Mrs
Elena ask me she' s inthe kitchen, Mr Repón, she'
s angry at Mr Heaphlip' sbehavior and if you want to listen to
me, I think it would bewise to stop her visits. Sometimes it
' s dangerous to be too good. I told him about the patio dinner

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and the dispute that had ensued asexactly as my boldness allowed me. I
didn' t think she' dcause much harm to Mrs A, unless
she herself pawned and chased him bytaking the intruder' s defense. Mr
Linton had to hold back a lotto hear me through to the end,
and his sentences clearly indicated that hekept blaming his wife for what happened.

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This is unbearable. He exclaimed it' s ignomitious that I have him as
a friend and that he would forceme to accept his deal. Called from
the servants, Helena, Catherine willcontinue to argue with that ruffian. I
' ve already been too condescending.He sent the servants to wait in the
hallway and followed me and went tothe kitchen. The lady at that moment

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spoke hotly. Heathcler was by thewindow, a little upset apparently by Catherine
' s reproaches. He was thefirst to see the lord and gestured to
him to shut up. She obeyedhim immediately.“ What is this,
” Linton asked, addressing her,“ what idea do you have of the
decuro to stay here” After whathe said to that miserable man. Maybe

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you don' t care about herwords because you' re used to her
kind of conversation. But I'm not and I don' t want
to be. You' ve beenlistening to the door. Edward asked her
in tone calculates the cold rara inorder to provoke her husband by showing at
the same time his contempt. Heathcliff, hearing Edward speak, had looked up.
And now, speaking, Catherine letgo of her laughter for the purpose

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of Linton repairing it and getting it, but not for Edward to lose control
of himself. Until today I haveendured you, sir, my master said
calmly, not because I did notknow your miserable character, but because I
believed that not all the guilt ofhaving it was yours, and also because

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Catherine wanted to preserve her friendship.But if I agreed to it, I
will not continue to act as Ihave done so far. His only presence.
It is a deadly poison capable ofinfecting the most virtuous being. Therefore,
and in order to avoid further seriousconsequences, I forbid you from today
to set your feet in this houseagain and demand that you leave it immediately.

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If it takes more than three minutesto do so, it will leave
in an ignominious way to a livelycataline force. Your little lamb threatens me
like a bull You' re gettinga trip with my fists. For God
' s sake, Mr Linton,I' m really sorry you don'
t have a bad punch. Themaster looked down the hall and signaled me

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to call the servants. I certainlydidn' t want to expose myself to
a direct or de ci shock,but the lady, realizing it, followed
me and when I went to callthem she pushed me away and closed the
door with Jay magnificent procedure. Shesaid how to answer the angry and amazed
look her husband gave her. Ifyou don' t have the courage to

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fight him, present him your excusesor give up, it will be your
just punishment for affecting a bravery youdon' t have. I' ll
swallow the key first than hand itover to you. Thus do you reward
my goodness both my benevolence toward theweak character of one and the evil character
of the other. You pay herthat way by defending You and your sister,

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Eduardo. I wish Heathcliff would whipyou to Tundirte, since you'
ve thought so badly of me.Edward tried to tear out Catherine' s
key, but she threw it intothe fire and he jumped out of a
trembling nervousness and after making superhuman effortsto dominate himself distressed and humiliated. He
had to fall into a chair bycovering his face with his hands oh heavens

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in ancient times to be armed.Caballero exclaimed the lady We are defeated.
So would Heathcliff now lift a fingeragainst you like a king, send his
army against a den of mice arise, man that no one will hurt you.
“ You are not a lamb,but a hare enjoys in peace this
coward who has Thorshattah’ s blood,” his friend said. I congratulate

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you on your choice, so youleft me for a poor devil like this.
I won' t punch him,but I' ll be happy to
hit a kick and what he's doing is crying or he' s
scared to death. He approached Lintonand pushed the chair in which he was
sitting. It would have been betterto stay away. My master got up

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and shot him in the throat witha blow capable of knocking down the most
vigorous man. For a minute,Heathley was breathless. Mr Linton in the
meantime went out into the courtyard forthe escape gate and headed towards the main
entrance. You see, your visitsare over. Catherine squealed. Leave immediately.
Edward will return with two pistols andhalf a dozen servants. If you

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' ve heard us, you'll never forgive us what a bad past
you' ve played me. HeathcliffGo, go, I don' t
want to see the situation you've been in. Eduardo first you think
I' m gonna swallow the blowhe' s hit me with. He
roared not in the name of thedevil before leaving I will crush him like
a rotten hazelnut. If I don' t crush him now against the ground,

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I' ll have to end upkilling him, so there' s
something to appreciate his existence. Letme wait for him not to end,
I said, not hesitating to riska lie. There comes the coachman and
the two gardeners with two clubs.I don' t suppose you' d
like to be violently thrown out ofthe house. The master will probably limit
himself to seeing from the windows ofthe living room how his orders are carried

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out. The coachman and the gardenerswere indeed there, but Linton was with
them. They had already entered thecourtyard. Heathclid meditated for a moment and
found it better to avoid a fightagainst three juniors. He grabbed the poker
from the light, jumped the doorlock and ran away on one side,
while the others entered on the other. The lady in great turmoil asked me

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to accompany you to her room.He ignored my intervention in what had happened
and tried to keep it in hisignorance. I' m crazy. Elena
exclaimed by dropping herself on the couchIt looks like a thousand blacksmith hammers were
hitting my head that Isabel didn't show up in my sight, because

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she' s to blame for everything. When you see Eduardo, tell him
I' m about to become seriouslyill. So be it. You don
' t know how upset I feel. If he comes, he' ll
insult me or reproach me. I' ll answer him and I don'
t know where we' d goto stop doing it. Elena, you
know I haven' t prayed badlyin this whole thing. What a bad
spirit moved Edward to listen at thedoor. It' s true that,

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after you came out, Heatley spokein an offensive way, but I would
have managed to take Isabel' sidea off her head and nothing would have
happened. Everything has been marred bythat obsession of hearing evil speak of itself
that constitutes the mania of certain people. If Eduardo hadn' t heard what
we were talking about, something badwould have happened to him. So,
after I got rid of that spraywhen I had just quarrelled with Heathclip,

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for him I no longer cared aboutwhat happened between them. Since whatever happened,
we would be distanced for a longtime. Since I can' t
continue to be Heathclip' s friend, and since Eduardo is still his friend,
I' ll try to tear thetwo of you apart by tearing my
own heart apart. That' show we' ll end up sooner,
but I' ll only do thatin extreme cases, and I don'

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t want Linton to get caught inthe surprise. So far he has acted
discreetly and has tried not to provokeme. Understand that it would be dangerous
to abandon that line of conduct.Remind him of the violence of my character
and how easily I try. Ifyou managed to make that expression of coldness
disappear in your face and get metreated with more affection, it should be

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exasperating for Mrs La Serena, indifferencewith which I received her instructions, I
presumed that a person who could speculatein advance about the turn she would give
to her outbursts of anger could proposeto dominate those outbursts as well and I
did not seem to be the onecalled to multiply her husband' s dislikes

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by that kind of coercion. SoI said nothing to the master when he
came, but I dared to listenin order to see if they were fighting
the master or the first stay whereyou are. Catherine said without a grudge
and very depressed. I' mnot here to argue or make peace.
I just want you to tell meand after what happened, you' re
meant to stay friends with me andI' m asking you to leave me

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alone. She answered by hitting theground with her foot. Let' s
not talk about it. Now you, you won' t lose your cold
blood, because through your veins there' s nothing but cold water. But
my blood is boiling and your coldnessexcites me to the inconceivable. Answer my
question. The lord replied your violencesdo not frighten me. I have seen
that when you propose, you remainas undisturbed as anyone you are willing to

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do without Heathley or you prefer todo without me. You can' t
be friends with both of us atonce and I demand that you decide for
one of us and I demand thatyou leave me alone.“ She answered
in anger, I beg you,it is not that I can hardly stand
up” Leave me Eduardo violently tossedthe bell and I came without any haste.

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Those mad outbursts of anger tested thepatience of a saint I saw him
banging his head against the sofa armand gnashing his teeth in such a way
that it seemed he was going totear them apart. Mr Linton was looking
at her, and almost regretting herprevious energy, he sent me to bring
a glass of water. She couldn' t almost talk, she wouldn'

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t drink and then I wet herface with water. A moment later he
lay down on the couch and hiseyes blanked and his cheeks paled like those
of a dead woman. Linton wasterrified. It' s nothing. Murmurié
wanted to stop him from yielding,but deep down I was distressed. He
was bleeding out of his mouth.Mr Shuddering told me not to listen.

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I answered and told her that shehad proposed before entering him to give him
the spectacle of an attack of madness. I did the recklessness of saying it
out loud Catherine heard me and suddenlystood up. The rough horses fell on
his shoulders and the tendons of hisneck and arms had swelled in a horrible
way. I was at least preparedto break my bones, but I didn

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' t. He just rushed outof the room the master. He sent
me to follow her and I didit to the door of his bedroom,
whose door closed to get rid ofme The next day he passed the morning
without going down for breakfast. Iwent up to ask him if I would
bring him breakfast and he replied categoricallythat I didn' t. The same
thing happened at lunch and tea thenext day I received the same answer.

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Mr Linton spent time in the librarywithout asking about his wife had had a
one- hour conversation with Isabel duringwhich he intended to obtain a definitive answer
from her that Heathclip would reject withoutachieving more than evasive ones. Then he
solemnly swore to her that if shepersisted in the madness of giving hope to

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that unworthy subject, the relations betweenthe two brothers would end completely. Page
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