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Rh me, when he did open his mouth it was to utter the falsehood, that I had occasioned the uproar, and Hareton was not to blame!"

"Unable to reply, except passionately, I got up, and walked from the room. He sent after me a faint "Catherine!" he did not reckon on being answered so—but I wouldn't turn back; and the morrow was the second day on which I stayed at home, nearly determined to visit him no more.

"But it was so miserable going to bed, and getting up, and never hearing anything about him, that my resolution melted into air, before it was properly formed. It had appeared wrong to take the journey once; now it seemed wrong to refrain. Michael came to ask if he must saddle Minny; I said "Yes," and considered myself doing a duty as she bore me over the hills.

"I was forced to pass the front windows to get to the court; it was no use trying to conceal my presence.