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.
Discovery 2 of 15She 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.”