1 Unluckily, it was a heap of dead rabbits.
2 Perceiving myself in a blunder, I attempted to correct it.
3 I shut it, and took up another and another, till I had examined all.
4 I thought, if I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
5 In fact, it formed a little closet, and the ledge of a window, which it enclosed, served as a table.
6 I had half a mind to spend it by my study fire, instead of wading through heath and mud to Wuthering Heights.
7 Heathcliff smiled again, as if it were rather too bold a jest to attribute the paternity of that bear to him.
8 I might have seen there was too great a disparity between the ages of the parties to make it likely that they were man and wife.
9 The ledge, where I placed my candle, had a few mildewed books piled up in one corner; and it was covered with writing scratched on the paint.
10 I snuffed it off, and, very ill at ease under the influence of cold and lingering nausea, sat up and spread open the injured tome on my knee.
11 Happily, the architect had foresight to build it strong: the narrow windows are deeply set in the wall, and the corners defended with large jutting stones.
12 They could not every day sit so grim and taciturn; and it was impossible, however ill-tempered they might be, that the universal scowl they wore was their every-day countenance.
13 He sat within earshot, milking the cows by the light of a lantern, which I seized unceremoniously, and, calling out that I would send it back on the morrow, rushed to the nearest postern.
14 The latter had never been under-drawn: its entire anatomy lay bare to an inquiring eye, except where a frame of wood laden with oatcakes and clusters of legs of beef, mutton, and ham, concealed it.
15 Having approached this structure, I looked inside, and perceived it to be a singular sort of old-fashioned couch, very conveniently designed to obviate the necessity for every member of the family having a room to himself.
16 In the absence of clear proofs of his condition, I deemed it best to abstain from noticing his curious conduct; and, five minutes afterwards, the entrance of Heathcliff relieved me, in some measure, from my uncomfortable state.
17 I bowed and returned the pledge; beginning to perceive that it would be foolish to sit sulking for the misbehaviour of a pack of curs; besides, I felt loth to yield the fellow further amusement at my expense; since his humour took that turn.
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