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1、 / Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 18181848 1 Mr Lockwood visits Wuthering Heights1801 I have just returned from a visit to my landlordMr HeathcliffI am delighted with the house I am renting from himThrushcross Grange is miles away from any town or villageThat suits me perfectlyAnd the scenery her
2、e in Yorkshire is so beautifulMr Heathcliffin factis my only neighbourand I think his character is similar to mineHe does not like people eitherMy name is LockwoodI saidwhen I met him at the gate to his houseIm renting Thrushcross Grange from you I just wanted to come and introduce myselfHe said not
3、hingbut frownedand did not encourage me to enterAfter a whilehoweverhe decided to invite me inJosephtake Mr Lock woods horsehe calledAnd bring up some wine from the cellarJoseph was a very old servantwith a sour expression on his faceHe looked crossly up at me as he took my horseGod help usA visitor
4、he muttered to himselfPerhaps there were no other servantsI thoughtAnd it seemed that Mr Heathcliff hardly ever received guestsHis house is called Wuthering HeightsThe name meansa windswept house on a hilland it is a very good descriptionThe trees around the house do not grow straightbut are bent by
5、 the north windwhich blows over the moors every day of the yearFortunatelythe house is strongly builtand is not damaged even by the worst winter stormsThe nameEarnshawis cut into a stone over the front door.Mr Heathcliff and I entered the huge main roomIt could have been any Yorkshire farmhouse kitc
6、henexcept that there was no sign of cookingand no farmer sitting at the table. Mr Heathcliff certainly does not look like a farmerHis hair and skin are darklike a gipsysbut he has the manners of a gentlemanHe could perhaps take more care with his appearancebut he is handsome. I think he is proudand
7、also unhappy.We sat down by the firein silence.Josephshouted Mr HeathcliffNo answer came from the cellarso he dived down thereleaving me alone with several rather fiercelooking dogs. Suddenly one of them jumped angrily up at meand in a moment all the others were attacking meFrom every shadowy corner
8、 in the great room appeared a growling animalready to kill meit seemed.HelpMr HeathcliffHelpI shoutedtrying to keep the dogs backMy landlord and his servant were in no hurry to helpand could not have climbed the cellar steps more slowlybut luckily a womanwho I supposed was the housekeeperrushed into
9、 the room to calm the dogs.What the devil is the matterMr Heathcliff asked me rudelywhen he finally entered the room.Your dogssirI replied.You shouldnt leave a stranger with themTheyre dangerousComecomeMr LockwoodHave some wineWe dont often have strangers hereand Im afraid neither I nor my dogs are
10、used to receiving themI could not feel offended after thisand accepted the wineWe sat drinking and talking together for a whileI suggested visiting him tomorrowHe did not seem eager to see me againbut I shall go anyway.I am interested in himeven if he isnt interested in me.* * *Two days later Yester
11、day afternoon was misty and bitterly coldbut I walked the four miles to Wuthering Heights and arrived just as it was beginning to snow. I banged on the front door for ten minutesgetting colder and colder.Finally Josephs head appeared at a window of one of the farm buildingsWhat do you wanthe growled
12、Could you let me inI asked desperatelyHe shook his headTheres only Mrs Heathcliff indoorsand she wont open the door to youJust then a young man appeared and called me to follow himWe went through the back door and into the big room where I had been beforeI was delighted to see a warm fire and a table full of foodAnd this time there was a woman sitting by the fireShe must be Mrs HeathcliffI thoughtI had not imagined my landlord was married. She looked at me coldly without saying anythingTerrible weatherI remarkedThere was silenceWhat a beautiful animalI tried againpointing to one of the dogs
