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呼啸山庄 Wuthering Heights 33

BOOK THREE: THE SECOND CATHERINE

 
CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Trapped

Heathcliff smiled at Ellen. His eyes had a cold look in them. "You shall have tea with me, Ellen," he said. "I am alone for the moment. Miss Linton, sit next to him. Look how the girl stares at me!"

Suddenly his face changed. He turned away from them, and Ellen heard him say to himself, "By hell! How I have these Linton people!"

"I'm not afraid of you, you know," said Cathy. She stepped closer to him, her eyes flashing with anger. "You give me that key and let us go home," she said. "I wouldn't eat or drink in this house if 1 were starving!"

Heathcliff had the key in his hand. Cathy tried to grab the key from him. "Get away!" Heathcliff cried, "or I’ll knock you down. You will see that I know how to deal with people I don't like—especially children," he said.   "Go and sit with Linton now, as I told you. I will be your father tomorrow. I'll be the only father you'll have in a few days, and then I’ll deal with you, my girl, I promise you that! You'll see my whip if you talk to me like that again!"

Cathy ran to Ellen and the two tried to comfort each other, Heathcliff made the tea himself. When it was ready he poured out the tea and handed Ellen a cup. "Drink it!" he said. "It's not poison, I'm going to get your horses."

When Heathcliff had gone outside Ellen's first thought was to find a way to escape, but all the doors were locked and the windows were too small to crawl through. They were trapped at Wuthering Heights until Heathcliff decided to let them go! Ellen turned to Linton. "New listen here, young Linton. You know what your father wants with us," she said firmly. "Tell me what is happening right now, or you'll be sorry!”

"Yes, Linton, you must tell us," said Cathy. "I came here to see you, you know!"

"He wants us to be married," answered Linton softly. “He's planned everything, he's going to keep you here tonight and if you do as he wants, you can go home the next day and take me with you."

Cathy and Ellen did not know what to say. Soon Heathcliff came back.

"Your horses have left," he said. "Now, Linton—you can go to bed I won't hurt you, you don't have to be afraid! You haven't done so badly after all!"

He held the door open for his son. Then he went to the fire, where Ellen and Cathy stood in silence. Cathy looked at him and did not look away. He said angrily, "So you're still not afraid of me?"

"Yes," she said quickly, "I am afraid—because if you keep me here my father will be miserable and worried about me. Mr. Heathcliff, please let me go home! Don't do this to my father! I promise that I’ll marry Linton!"

"I’ll see that you do," he said. "You won't leave this house until you do! As for your father, I shall enjoy myself thinking of his misery!"