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Mr Lockwood visits Wuthering Heights
1801 I have just returned from a visit to my landlord,Mr am delighted with the house I am renting from Grange is miles away from any town or suits me the scenery here in Yorkshire is so beautiful!
Mr Heathcliff,in fact,is my only neighbour,and I think his character is similar to does not like people either.
‘My name is Lockwood,’I said,when I met him at the gate to his house.‘I'm renting Thrushcross Grange from you. I just wanted e and introduce myself.’
He said nothing,but frowned,and did not encourage me to a while,however,he decided to invite me in.
‘Joseph,take Mr Lock wood's horse!’he called.‘And bring up some wine from the cellar!’Joseph was a very old servant,with a sour expression on his looked crossly up at me as he took my horse.
‘God help us!A visitor!’he muttered to there were no other servants,I it seemed that Mr Heathcliff hardly ever received guests.
His house is called Wuthering name means‘a windswept house on a hill’,and it is a very good trees around the house do not grow straight,but are bent by the north wind,which blows over the moors every day of the ,the house is strongly built,and is not damaged even by the worst winter name‘Earn-shaw’is cut into a stone over the front door.
Mr Heathcliff and I entered the huge main could have been any Yorkshire farmhouse kitchen,except that there was no sign of cooking,and no farmer sitting at the table. Mr Heathcliff certainly does not look like a hair and skin are dark,like a gipsy's,but he has the manners of a could perhaps take more care with his appearance,but he is handsome. I think he is proud,and also unhappy.
We sat down by the fire,in silence.
‘Joseph!'shouted Mr answer came from the cellar,so he dived down the