"'No! I've formed my resolution, and by God I'll execute it!' cried the desperate being. 'I'll do you a kindness in spite of yourself, and Hareton justice! And you needn't trouble your head to screen me; Catherine is gone. Nobody alive would regret me, or be ashamed, though I cut my throat this minute-and it's time to make an end!'
"I might as well have struggled with a bear, or reasoned with a lunatic. The only resource left me was to run to a lattice and warn his intended victim of the fate which awaited him.

'"No! I've formed my resolution, and by God I'll do it!" cried the desperate man. "I'll do you a kindness in spite of yourself, and Hareton justice! Nobody alive would regret me, if I cut my throat this minute - and it's time to make an end!"
'I might as well have struggled with a bear, or reasoned with a lunatic. All I could do was run to a window and warn Heathcliff.
