7. Cumbres borrascosas

Capítulo 7
Después de un accidente, Catherine pasa tiempo en la Granja de los Tordos y cambia, afectando su relación con Heathcliff.

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Chapter seven at Christmas. After spendingfive weeks with the Linton Catalina came back
cured and in many better ways.Meanwhile, the lady visited her frequently and
put into practice her purpose of education, seeking to awaken Catherines' estimation to
her own person and giving her valuablegifts of dresses and other things. So

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when Catherine came back, instead ofthat little savage who jumped through the house
with her hair scrambled, we sawa beautiful black jaca come off a worthy
young woman, whose feathers were wrappedunder the veil of a hat wrapped in
a long mantle that she had tohold with her hands so that she would

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not drag him down. Hilley helpedhim get off and commented in a good
mood. You' ve become verypretty, Catalina wouldn' t have met
you. Now you look like areal lady. It' s not true,
Francisca, that Isabel Linton can't compare to my sister Isabel Linton.
It lacks the natural grace of Catherine, but it must be allowed to

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lead and not become intractable again.He replaced Hindley' s wife, Elena,
helps to distract Miss Catalina. Wait, darling. Don' t get
your hair straightened. I' mgonna take your hat off. When he
cleared her from the mantle, abeautiful silk suit appeared under him in striped
white trousers and shiny gaiters. Thedogs came to the young woman and although

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her eyes shone with joy, shedid not dare to touch the animals for
not spoiling her clothes. He kissedme, but with caution, because I
was preparing the Christmas bun and Iwas full of flour. Then he looked
to Heathcliff and the lords looked forwardto meeting him in order to judge their
chances of definitively separating him from theircompanion. Heathcliff didn' t take long

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to introduce himself, he was alreadyvery much left and no one, for
his part, took care of himbefore Catherine' s absence, But now
it was much more. I wasthe only one who cared about getting it
cleaned up once a week. EvenSodano' s boys are usually water friends.
So, apart from his suit thathe was, as can be assumed,

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after three months of walking through mudand dust, he had his hair
smug and his face and hands coveredin a layer of dirt. He remained
hidden looking at the pretty young womanwho had just come in amazed to see
her as well dressed and not madeone of them as he did. And
Heathcliff asked Catherine, taking off hergloves and discovering some fingers that, if

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she did nothing or left the house, had never become prodigiously white. Ven
Heathcliy shouted Hilley, gratifying herself inadvance of the bad effect the boy,
with his line of snitch was goingto produce the lady come and greet the
lady to Miss Catherine like the otherscreated. Catherine, seeing her friend,

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ran to him. He kissed himsix or seven times on each cheek and
then, separating a little bit,he laughed at him. Oh, what
black are you and what angry face? You' re clear that I'
ve been used to seeing Eduardo andIsabel. You forgot me. Heathcliff Give
him your hand. Heathcliff said Helleywith air of condescension.“ For once

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it doesn’ t matter that youdo any of that,” the boy
replied. I don' t wantthem to make fun of me and try
to get away, but Catherine thenstopped him. I didn' t mean
to make fun of you. Icouldn' t help myself when I saw
your look. Come on, giveme your hand. If you wash your
face and comb your hair, you' ll be fine, but now you

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' re really dirty. I contemplatethe neuros that he had between his fingers
and then he looked at his dress, fearing that with that contact he would
have been infected with the filth ofthe rapacious.“ You didn’ t
have to touch me,” hesaid, pulling his hand apart. I
am as dirty as I want andI like to be dirty and he threw
himself out of the room with greatjoy of the masters and great disturbance of

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catalina that I had not just understood, because those comments had produced him such
exasperation of bad humor. Having helpedto undress the newcomer to put the buns
in the oven and light the light, I felt willing to entertain myself by
singing carols without listening to Joseph,who assured me that the tone I used
was too mundane. He went tohis room to pray and Mr Airhall distracted

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the young woman by showing her somenew gifts they had bought for the lintons
as a token of gratitude for theirattentions had invited the Lintons to spend the
next day on drunken peaks and shehad been accepted on condition that the Linton
children did not have to deal withthat terrible little boy who spoke so badly.

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I was left alone. It smelledstrongly of the spices in the stews.
I was looking at the brilliant kitchenbattery, the shining clock, the
silver glasses lined up on the trayand the impeccable cleaning of the floor,
whose sweeping and scrubbing had worried mewith great attention. Everything seemed to be
fine and worthy of praise, andI remembered an occasion when the old master,

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who used to review everything for himselfin cases like that, seeing how
well everything was, had given mea shilling calling me at once a good
girl. Then I thought of theaffection he had felt for Heathcliff and the
fear he had of being abandoned.Having missed him and thinking about the boy
' s present situation, I almostfelt like crying, considering after that better

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to regret his misfortunes would be totry to remedy them. I got up
and went to the yard looking forhim I found him right away. I
was on the block brushing the shinyhair of the new jaca and giving the
feed to the other animals. Hurryup, I encouraged the kitchen a very
comfortable one and Jose has gone tohis room. Try to finish soon to

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dress decently before Miss Catalina comes out. So you can be together and chat
next to the light until it's time to retire. He kept doing
his job. He made every effortto turn his eyes away. Come on,
I' m here You' llneed half an hour to get dressed.
There' s a cake for eachof you wait another five minutes,

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but in view of the fact thathe wasn' t answering me, I
left. Catherine ate with her brothersJoseph and I celebrated a very unfriendly dinner,
amplified with censures, hers and mybad answers. The passing and the
Heathcliff cheese were all night on thefairy food table. He was working until
nine o' clock and at thattime he went to his room, always

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taciturnal and stubborn. Catherine was verylate preparing everything to receive her new friends
and once she entered the kitchen tolook for her former comrade. Seeing he
was gone, he was content toask about him and leave the next morning.
Headley got up early and how itwas holiday. He went into the

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swamps sulking and did not appear againuntil after the family had left for the
church. But the fasting and theSolitude should have led him to reflect and
when he returned, after being withme for a while, he suddenly told
me to dress Elena. I wantto be good. It was already Heathcliff
I answered you upset Catherine. Anyonewould say that you envy her, because

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they pamper her more than you Theidea of feeling envious of Catherine was incomprehensible
to her, but her displeasing herunderstood it very well. He asked me
to become serious, he was angry, he started to cry When I told
him this morning that you were gone, I also cried tonight he answered and
with more reasons than Catherine. Whatreason did you have to sleep with your

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heart or pride and empty stomach?The proud do nothing but harm themselves.
But if you' re sorry,you must apologize. When I get back
you go upstairs, you ask herfor a kiss and you say well,
you know what you have to say, but side naturally and not like she
' s a stranger because you've seen her better dressed. Now I

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' m gonna manage to dress upin a way that Eduardo Linton looks like
a doll next to you? NowI' m going to manage to dress
you up in a way that EduardoLinton looks like a doll by your side
and of course it seems so,even though you' re younger than him,
you' re much taller and twiceas strong, you could buzz him
off. That' s not true. Heacley' s face lit up for

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a moment, but his cheerful expressionimmediately faded and sighed Yes, Helena,
but even if I knocked him downtwenty times, he would not stop being
more handsome than me. I'd like to have blond hair and white
skin like him, look good andhave manners like his and be as rich
as him, get to do itsomeday and call mom constantly and scare her

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whenever a village boy threatens you withhis fist and stay home every time four
boots fall. Don' t beby the spirit Hearklin look in the mirror
and listen to what you have todo. You see those wrinkles between your
eyes and those thick eyebrows that alwayscontract in the place of bowing, and
those two black demons who never franklyopen their windows, but sparkle under them

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as if they were Satan' sspies. Propose and strive to soften those
wrinkles, to lift those eyelids withoutfear, and to turn those two demons
into two angels who are always friendswherever there are no undoubted enemies. Don
' t take that Cerril dog look, which seems to justify the kick justice

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you get and which hates everyone asmuch as the one who kicks you.
I must propose to acquire Eduardo Linton' s eyes and forehead. I wish
so, but you think that,doing what you tell me, I'
ll get them that way. Ifyou' re kind in heart, you
' ll be nice in face,boy, even if you' re a

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black man and a wicked heart,it makes the most pleasant face horrible now
that you' re washed and combedand look more cheerful. It' s
not true that you' re lookinghandsomer. I assure you, you can
pass by as a prince of incognito. Anyone knows if your father wasn'
t emperor of China and your motherqueen of India and if with their one
- week rents they couldn' tbuy summits, donkeys, things and the

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farm of the tordos gathered together,maybe they stole your sailors and brought you
to England. I or, ifI were in your case, I would
make figures like that, and withthem I would bear with them miseries that
the peasant has to suffer as longas I spoke like that and got Heathcliff

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was slowly wiping out his frown.We heard a rumble that at first sounded
on the road and then came tothe courtyard. Heatkl went to the window
and I came to the door,at the same time that the lintons were
getting out of their carriage and verydrawn in fur coats and the airshows were
descending from their horses. Catherine tookthe children by the hand and took him

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to the chimney next to those whosat and whose fire soon reddened their white
faces. Alent to Heathcliff to comeand show off his good looks, but
he had the misfortune that, byopening the kitchen door. He stumbled upon
Henley, who was opening him onthe other side, either because he was
uncomfortable seeing him so lively and soarranged, or perhaps to please Mrs Linton.

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He pushed him violently and told Josephto be in the attic until after
we had eaten. Otherwise, he' d touch the candy with his fingers
and steal the fruits and be allowedto stay here for a minute. He
won' t do any of that, I mean, replicate and I hope
he' ll share candy like us. He' ll take part in the

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beating that I' ll shake ifI see him down here before the night
Hilley screamed long bum, so youwant to really look like I' m
putting your hand on those bumps.You' ll see, if I make
them longer, it' s stilllong enough. Eduardo Linton observed, who
had just appeared at the door,falling on his eyes like a horse'

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s horse. I don' tknow how he doesn' t have a
headache, although he made that observationwithout wishing to bother him. Heathcliff,
whose rude character did not tolerate impertinencesand more coming from someone whom I regarded
as his rival, took a fountainfull of hot computer and threw it in
the face of the boy. Hescreamed and made Catherine and Isabel immediately come

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to him. Mr Airshaw took Heathcliffand took him to his room, where
he certainly gave him an energetic corrective, as when he went down he was
suffocated and red. Like the granola. I took a kitchen cloth. I
cleaned Eduardo' s face and notwithout a certain anger I told him that
he had deserved the lesson because ofhis inopportunity. Her sister cried and wanted

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to leave. Catherine, in turn, was very upset with all that.
“ You should not have spoken tohim,” young Linton said“ He
was in a bad mood. Nowthey' ll hit him and you'
ve ruined the party. I don' t have an appetite anymore. Why
did you talk to him, Eduardo, I didn' t tell him to

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fuck the boy getting rid of myhands and finishing cleaning up with his fine
handkerchief. I promised Mom I wouldn' t talk to her and I kept
it.“ Well,” Catherinesaid, with disdain shut up that my
brother is coming“ He has notkilled you” After all, don'
t make things worse, stop crying. Isabel did something to you. Someone
to sit down children exclaimed Hinley,reappearing that brute boy has warmed me up.

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Next time. Eduardo take revenge withyour own fists, and that theorizes
the appetite. The people regained theirjoy when they used the smelly delicacies.
They all felt appetite after the rideand were easily comforted, as none had
suffered serious harm. Mr Arnshaw wasjovially pulling and the lady cheered the table

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with her conversation. I attended tothe service and was saddened to see that
Catherine, with unjust eyes and indifferentair, was leaving at that moment a
wing of duck that had before herwhat child so insensitive. I thought I
would never have believed that the fateof an old playmate worried him so little.

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She was taking a bite to hermouth at the time but soon released
it. His cheeks blushed, andhis face ran with tears. He dropped
the fork and took the opportunity tobow down to disguise his emotion. All
day long I walked like a soulin sorrow looking for Heathcliff, but he
had been locked up by Hindley,which he opened by wanting to take away

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something to eat. There was dancingin the afternoon and Catherine asked to release
Heathley, as if Isabel didn't have a partner. But he didn
' t attend to it and Iwas called to fill the vacancy. The
dance put us in a good mood, and this price more when Heimmerton'
s music band arrived with his fifteenmusicians, among whom was a trumpet,

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a clarinet trombone flutes to boes anda double bass outside the singers. The
band usually tour the rich houses atChristmas asking for guinaldos and their arrival is
always welcomed with joy. First theysang the usual carols, but then,
as Mrs Airshaw was extraordinarily fond ofmusic, we asked them to play something

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else and they did it for aslong as we thought it was okay,
even though Catherine also recorded the musicfor her. He said he heard better
from the landing of the ladder andon that pretext he came out followed by
me they closed the door below.They didn' t seem to have repaired
our fault. Catherine went up toDesvan Salt, where she was locked up.
Heathcliff called him and even though hedidn' t want to answer at

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first. They ended up having aconversation through the door. I let them
chat quietly and when I realized thatthe concert was going to end and that
the musicians were going to be serveddinner, I went back to the debanco
in order to warn Catherine, butI did not find her. By a
clear hole he had climbed onto theroof and, on the other, entered

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Heathcliff' s guard. It tookme a long time to convince her to
get out of it. He didso in the company of Heathclip and insisted
that he take her to the kitchenwith me, as Joseph had gone to
a neighbor' s house to getrid of the hellish psalm he called music.
I warned them not to count onme to deceive Mr Hindley, but

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that this time I would, sincethe captive had not tasted from the day
before he went down. He satby the light. I offered him on
many treats, but Heathcliff felt badand did not eat just without my attempts
to distract him being more fortunate.He had put his elbows on his knees

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and his chin in his hands andkept quiet. I asked him what he
thought and he answered me seriously onhow to make Hitling pay for this.
I don' t know how longI' ll have to wait, but
I don' t care if Ifinally get it, as long as it
doesn' t burst out sooner whata shame. Heathcliff I told him it
' s only up to God topunish the bad guys. We must know

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how to forgive them. It willnot be God who has that satisfaction that
I reserve myself. He' sback. All I need is to know
how I' ll get there.But I' ll get the right plan.
This thought prevents me from suffering now. I make amends, Mr Lowood,
that these stories should have no interestin you. I don' t

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know how I' ve spoken somuch you' re sleeping, I could
have told you in a dozen wordshow interested you are to know about Heathcli
' s life. After this interruption, the mistress of Keys, incorporating herself,
kept the work. I didn't move on the side of the
fire. I was a long wayfrom sleeping Sit down. Mrs Dean I

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told you and go on with yourhalf- horita story. You' ve
done well to count it in yourown way. I' ve been very
interested. His descriptions are 11 o' clock. Sir It' s the
same, I don' t usuallyharass myself until very late getting up in
the days. It doesn' tmatter to lie down at 2: 00

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00. It just didn' t have to be sleep till
ten, it was the best partof the day. When at that time
half of the daily work has notbeen done, it is very likely that
you will not be able to dothe most in the day. It'
s the same thing, Mrs DeanAndy, sit down, I think I
' ll have tomorrow to be inbed until after dinner, because it looks

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like I won' t run away, but a good cold God make it
not so. Mr Well, I' m going to make a three-
year jump, that is, untilMrs Show doesn' t make any jumps.
You don' t know what itfeels like to look at your kittens
like a cat and be outraged whenyou see that you stop licking one of
the ears of one of them.I think whoever does that is nothing but

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idle. Don' t think it' s good. I find myself in
that case now, so that youtell the story in detail. In places
like this, people acquire a valuethat can be compared to that of a
spider in the eyes of those whocontemplate it in a dungeon. The spider

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in a dungeon has a significance thatit would not have for a free man.
However, the change is not onlydue to the different situation of the
observer. People here live deeper,more self- reconcentrated and less attracted by
the superficial part of things. Insuch a place, I would even be

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able to believe in eternal love.And what I always thought was impossible for
a passion to last up to ayear.“ Those of us who dwell
here, when we are known,are like those of any other place,
” Ms Dean replied." Myfriend," I replied," but
you yourself are a living negation ofwhat you say. Aside from some very

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secondary local modisms, he does notusually speak or pray like the people of
his class. I have the evidencethat you have thought much more than most
people in your profession usually do.Since you did not have to deal with
frivolities, you had to reflect onserious matters.“ Of course I am

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a reasonable person,” he said,“ but I don’ t think
it’ s because I live amongmountains and see only one aspect of things,
but because I was subjected to asevere discipline that made me learn to
have good judgment. Besides, MrLowood, I' ve read more than
you can imagine. There is nota book in the library that I have
not already looked at and that Ihave not drawn any teaching, except the

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Greek and Latin books or the French, and even these are distinguished from each
other. What else can you aska poor man' s daughter anyway and
insist that she keep telling the storyas she has so far. The best
thing will be that of a leap, but not of three years, but
until the following summer, that ofa thousand seven hundred and seventy- eight.

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Twenty- three years have passed alreadypages seventy- one