"He's younger than I," she answered, after a protracted pause of meditation, "and he ought to live the longest: he will-he must live as long as I do. He's as strong now as when he first came into the north; I'm positive of that. It's only a cold that ails him, the same as papa has. You say papa will get better, and why shouldn't he?"
"Well, well," I cried, "after all, we needn't trouble ourselves; for listen, Miss,-and mind, I'll keep my word,-if you attempt going to Wuthering Heights again, with or without me, I shall inform Mr. Linton, and, unless he allow it, the intimacy with your cousin must not be revived."
"It has been revived," muttered Cathy, sulkily.
"Must not be continued, then," I said.
"We'll see," was her reply, and she set off at a gallop, leaving me to toil in the rear.

'He's younger than I,' she answered, after some thought, 'and he ought to live as long as I do. He's as strong now as when he first came, I'm sure. It's only a cold that ails him, the same as papa. You say papa will get better, and why shouldn't he?'
'Well, well,' I cried, 'after all, we needn't trouble ourselves; for listen, Miss, if you attempt going to Wuthering Heights again, with or without me, I shall inform Mr. Linton. Unless he allows it, the intimacy with your cousin must not be revived.'
'It has been revived,' muttered Cathy sulkily.
'Must not be continued, then,' I said.
'We'll see,' was her reply, and she set off at a gallop.
