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Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë

book · Item 185

A reason to turn the page

Shame and pride pin him motionless—one condescending handshake is offered as if permission.

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She had some reason to put the question, for shame and pride threw double gloom over his countenance, and kept him immovable.

“Shake hands, Heathcliff,” said Mr. Earnshaw, condescendingly; “once in a way, that is permitted.”