Catherine usually sat by me; but to-day, she stole nearer to Hareton, and I presently saw she would have no more discretion in her friendship, than she had in her hostility.
"'Now, mind you don't talk with and notice your cousin too much,' were my whispered instructions as we entered the room; 'It will certainly annoy Mr. Heathcliff, and he'll be mad at you both.'
"'I'm not going to,' she answered.
"The minute after, she had sidled to him, and was sticking primroses in his plate of porridge.
"He dared not speak to her, there; he dared hardly look; and yet she went on teasing, till he was twice on the point of being provoked to laugh; and I frowned, and then, she glanced towards the master, whose mind was occupied on other subjects than his company, as his countenance evinced, and she grew serious for an instant, scrutinizing him with deep gravity. Afterwards she turned, and re-commenced her
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