"'You'd better seek shelter somewhere else to-night!' I exclaimed, in rather a triumphant tone. 'Mr. Earnshaw has a mind to shoot you, if you persist in endeavouring to enter.'
"'You'd better open the door, you-' he answered, addressing me by some elegant term that I don't care to repeat.
"'I shall not meddle in the matter,' I retorted again. 'Come in and get shot, if you please. I've done my duty.'

'"You'd better seek shelter somewhere else to-night!" I exclaimed, rather triumphantly. "Mr. Earnshaw has a mind to shoot you, if you try to enter."
'"You'd better open the door, you ___" he answered, addressing me by a term that I don't care to repeat.
'"I shall not meddle," I retorted. "Come in and get shot, if you please. I've done my duty."
