Quotation from: Wuthering Heights

Written by: Emily Bronte


When this slight disagreement was over, they were friends again,
and as busy as possible in their several occupations of pupil and
teacher. I came in to sit with them, after I had done my work; and
I felt so soothed and comforted to watch them, that I did not
notice how time got on. You know, they both appeared in a measure
my children: I had long been proud of one; and now, I was sure,
the other would be a source of equal satisfaction. His honest,
warm, and intelligent nature shook off rapidly the clouds of
ignorance and degradation in which it had been bred; and
Catherine's sincere commendations acted as a spur to his industry.
His brightening mind brightened his features, and added spirit and
nobility to their aspect: I could hardly fancy it the same
individual I had beheld on the day I discovered my little lady at
Wuthering Heights, after her expedition to the Crags. While I
admired and they laboured, dusk drew on, and with it returned the
master. He came upon us quite unexpectedly, entering by the front
way, and had a full view of the whole three, ere we could raise our
heads to glance at him. Well, I reflected, there was never a
pleasanter, or more harmless sight; and it will be a burning shame
to scold them. The red fire-light glowed on their two bonny heads,
and revealed their faces animated with the eager interest of
children; for, though he was twenty-three and she eighteen, each
had so much of novelty to feel and learn, that neither experienced
nor evinced the sentiments of sober disenchanted maturity.

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