"Maister Linton wer just ut this side th' Heights: and he'd be mitch obleeged to us to gang on a bit further."
"Then Master Linton has forgot the first injunction of his uncle," I observed: "he bid us keep on the Grange land, and here we are, off at once."
"Well, we'll turn our horses' heads round, when we reach him," answered my companion, "our excursion shall lie towards home."
But when we reached him, and that was scarcely a quarter of a mile from his own door, we found he had no horse, and we were forced to dismount, and leave ours to graze.
He lay on the heath, awaiting our approach, and did not rise till we came within a few yards. Then, he walked so feebly, and looked so pale, that I immediately exclaimed—
"Why, Master Heathcliff, you are not fit for enjoying a ramble, this morning. How ill you do look!"
Catherine surveyed him with grief and as-
