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In the course of time Mr. Earnshaw began to fail. He had been active and healthy, yet his strength left him suddenly. and when he was confined to the chimney-corner he grew grievously irritable. A nothing vexed him. and suspected slights of his authority nearly threw him into fits. This was especially to be remarked if any one attempted to impose upon, or domineer over, his favourite: he was painfully jealous lest a word should be spoken amiss to him. seeming to have got into his head the notion that, because he liked Heathcliff, all hated, and longed to do him an ill-turn. It was a disadvantage to the lad. for the kinder among us did not wish to fret the master, so we humoured his partiality. and that humouring was rich nourishment to the child s pride and black tempers. Still it became in a manner necessary. twice, or thrice, Hindley s manifestation of scorn, while his father was near, roused the old man to a fury: he seized his stick to strike him, and shook with rage that he could not do it. * humour – [verb] to agree with sb’s wishes, even if they seem unreasonable, in order to keep the person happy: She thought it best to humour him rather than get into an argument. |
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