WutheringHeights■1MrLockwoodvisitsWutheringHeightsIhavejustreturnedfromavisittomylandlord，MrHeathcliff．IamdelightedwiththehouseIamrentingfromhim．ThrushcrossGrangeismilesawayfromanytownorvillage．Thatsuitsmeperfectly．AndthesceneryhereinYorkshireissobeautiful！MrHeathcliff，infact，ismyonlyneighbour，andIthinkhischaracterissimilartomine．Hedoesnotlikepeopleeither．‘MynameisLockwood，'Isaid，whenImethimatthegatetohishouse．‘I'mrentingThrushcrossGrangefromyou．Ijustwantedtocomeandintroducemyself．'Hesaidnothing ， butfrowned ， anddidnotencouragemetoenter．Afterawhile，however，hedecidedtoinvitemein．‘Joseph，takeMrLockwood'shorse！'hecalled．‘Andbringupsomewinefromthecellar！'Josephwasaveryoldservant，withasourexpressiononhisface．Helookedcrosslyupatmeashetookmyhorse．‘Godhelpus！Avisitor！'hemutteredtohimself．Perhapstherewerenootherservants，Ithought．AnditseemedthatMrHeathcliffhardlyeverreceivedguests．HishouseiscalledWutheringHeights．Thenamemeans‘awindswepthouseonahill'，anditisaverygooddescription．Thetreesaroundthehousedonotgrowstraight ， butarebentbythenorthwind ， whichblowsoverthemoorseverydayoftheyear．Fortunately，thehouseisstronglybuilt ， andisnotdamagedevenbytheworstwinterstorms ． Thename‘Earn－shaw'iscutintoastoneoverthefrontdoor.MrHeathcliffandIenteredthehugemainroom．ItcouldhavebeenanyYorkshirefarmhousekitchen ， exceptthattherewasnosignofcooking，andnofarmersittingatthetable.MrHeathcliffcertainlydoesnotlooklikeafarmer．Hishairandskinaredark，likeagipsy's，buthehasthemannersofagentleman．Hecouldperhapstakemorecarewithhisappearance，butheishandsome.Ithinkheisproud，andalsounhappy.Wesatdownbythefire，insilence.‘Joseph！'shoutedMrHeathcliff．Noanswercamefromthecellar，sohediveddownthere，leavingmealonewithseveralratherfierce－lookingdogs.Suddenlyoneofthemjumpedangrilyupatme ， andinamomentalltheotherswereattackingme．Fromeveryshadowycornerinthegreatroomappearedagrowlinganimal，readytokillme，itseemed.‘Help！MrHeathcliff...
