I had received no thanks for my other service; and being unwilling to run to and fro at his behest, I replied-"Nobody is out there but Joseph."
"I want to drink," he exclaimed fretfully, turning away. "Zillah is constantly gadding off to Gimmerton since papa went: it's miserable! And I'm obliged to come down here-they resolved never to hear me upstairs."
"Is your father attentive to you, Master Heathcliff?" I asked, perceiving Catherine to be checked in her friendly advances.

I replied, 'Nobody is there but Joseph.'
'I want a drink,' he exclaimed fretfully. 'Zillah is constantly gadding off to Gimmerton since papa went: it's miserable!'
'Is your father attentive to you, Master Heathcliff?' I asked.
