When he Reaches the Heights, Will Lockwood's Reception be as Chilly as the Day?
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Does Inclement Weather Portend More Mishaps?
Lockwood
plans to spend a cozy day by the fire in his study. The weather is
chilly and damp, so it's a good day to stay indoors but a servant is
cleaning the fireplace, raising an infernal dust, so any hope of a warm
fire is vanquished. Lockwood decides to take his chances out-of-doors
and he braves the mud and heath to walk from Thrushcross Park up to the
Heights.
The cold weather worsens and snow is falling by the time he reaches Heathcliff's gate. He's shivering "through every limb" and he cannot get the gate open, so he jumps over it. He knocks for admittance, which then sets the dogs howling.
"Wretched inmates! You deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality." Lockwood reflects. He knows he would not keep his doors barred in the daytime. "I will get in!" He says and grabs the latch and shakes it vehemently.
The cold weather worsens and snow is falling by the time he reaches Heathcliff's gate. He's shivering "through every limb" and he cannot get the gate open, so he jumps over it. He knocks for admittance, which then sets the dogs howling.
"Wretched inmates! You deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality." Lockwood reflects. He knows he would not keep his doors barred in the daytime. "I will get in!" He says and grabs the latch and shakes it vehemently.
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Cannot you tell her whom I am, eh, Joseph?
— Lockwood, Emily BronteA Second Encounter With Joseph
"What are ye for?" Joseph hollers down to him from a window in the barn. No word of greeting there.
"Is there nobody inside to open the door?" Lockwood inquires in frustration.
Joseph responds that no matter what kind of noise Lockwood makes the missus inside won't open the door to him.
Lockwood suggests that Joseph might help him by letting the missus know it is he who is calling.
"I’ll hae no hend wi’t," mutters Joseph and disappears into the barn.
The snow is now coming down thickly and Lockwood is set to seize the handle again and apply great force but a gruff youth appears and directs him around the house and inside.
At last! Lockwood is indoors and is greeted by a blazing fire and good food laid out. Things are looking up...
"Is there nobody inside to open the door?" Lockwood inquires in frustration.
Joseph responds that no matter what kind of noise Lockwood makes the missus inside won't open the door to him.
Lockwood suggests that Joseph might help him by letting the missus know it is he who is calling.
"I’ll hae no hend wi’t," mutters Joseph and disappears into the barn.
The snow is now coming down thickly and Lockwood is set to seize the handle again and apply great force but a gruff youth appears and directs him around the house and inside.
At last! Lockwood is indoors and is greeted by a blazing fire and good food laid out. Things are looking up...
Tea at Wuthering Heights
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Repelled
Lockwood
discovers a young lady inside and he's pleased to finally meet the
"missus." He mistakenly assumes she is Heathcliff's wife. He expects her
to ask him to take a seat but she's every bit as
lukewarm-bordering-on-hostile as the others.
Lockwood tries to make conversation and in a sarcastic remark that reveals his frustration over being ignored, he says, "‘I’m afraid, Mrs. Heathcliff, the door must bear the consequence of your servants’ leisure attendance..."
She says nothing, just stares at him coolly.
"Sit down," the young man grunts out, bossily.
Lockwood is decidedly uncomfortable and with no warmth from the human quarter, tries to befriend one of the dogs. Readers will remember how they attacked him in my first article in this series, The Humor in Chapter One of Wuthering Heights, so it's a good bet he likely does not want a repeat of that canine behavior. He compliments the young woman about the dogs and she snaps out repellingly, "They are not mine."
Lockwood hems and haws and remarks on the wildness of the evening.
"You should not have come out," she replies.
"Were you asked to tea?" she demands.
Lockwood says he would be glad to have a cup.
"Were... you... asked?" she says pointedly.
And as if all this weren't bad enough, the young male looks at Lockwood as if the two have some type of mortal feud between them.
Lockwood tries to make conversation and in a sarcastic remark that reveals his frustration over being ignored, he says, "‘I’m afraid, Mrs. Heathcliff, the door must bear the consequence of your servants’ leisure attendance..."
She says nothing, just stares at him coolly.
"Sit down," the young man grunts out, bossily.
Lockwood is decidedly uncomfortable and with no warmth from the human quarter, tries to befriend one of the dogs. Readers will remember how they attacked him in my first article in this series, The Humor in Chapter One of Wuthering Heights, so it's a good bet he likely does not want a repeat of that canine behavior. He compliments the young woman about the dogs and she snaps out repellingly, "They are not mine."
Lockwood hems and haws and remarks on the wildness of the evening.
"You should not have come out," she replies.
"Were you asked to tea?" she demands.
Lockwood says he would be glad to have a cup.
"Were... you... asked?" she says pointedly.
And as if all this weren't bad enough, the young male looks at Lockwood as if the two have some type of mortal feud between them.
New Characters in Chapter Two
Young Male
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Young Female
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Hareton--he is the son of the former owner, Hindley
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Cathy--she is the daughter of Catherine who was Hindley's sister
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Thing Go From Bad to Worse
This
uncomfortable situation is interrupted by the appearance of Heathcliff.
Lockwood greets him and mentions that because of the weather he will be
weather-bound for about half an hour.
"Half an hour?" Heathcliff says perhaps hinting that even this small amount of time is an intrusion. "‘I wonder you should select the thick of a snow storm to ramble about in."
Lockwood requests a guide to make his way back to the Grange and Heathcliff flatly denies his request. He also orders the young woman to make the tea in a tone so savage that Lockwood no longer views Heathcliff as "a capital fellow." His enthusiasm is wearing thin at the way he has been treated by all and sundry.
The meal commences but it's every bit as forbidding as the inhabitants. Lockwood tries to lighten the mood and commends Heathcliff on having a mistress to make his home comfortable. This provokes a diabolical sneer from Heathcliff, who indicates that the young lady is his daughter-in-law.
Lockwood now commends the young man but this provokes him. He clenches his fist, with every appearance of a meditated assault on Lockwood.
"Half an hour?" Heathcliff says perhaps hinting that even this small amount of time is an intrusion. "‘I wonder you should select the thick of a snow storm to ramble about in."
Lockwood requests a guide to make his way back to the Grange and Heathcliff flatly denies his request. He also orders the young woman to make the tea in a tone so savage that Lockwood no longer views Heathcliff as "a capital fellow." His enthusiasm is wearing thin at the way he has been treated by all and sundry.
The meal commences but it's every bit as forbidding as the inhabitants. Lockwood tries to lighten the mood and commends Heathcliff on having a mistress to make his home comfortable. This provokes a diabolical sneer from Heathcliff, who indicates that the young lady is his daughter-in-law.
Lockwood now commends the young man but this provokes him. He clenches his fist, with every appearance of a meditated assault on Lockwood.
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But how will I do?
— Lockwood, Emily Bronte
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How Will Lockwood Get Home in the Snow Storm?
Once
the meal is concluded, Lockwood worries about how he is to get home.
His neighbors offer no comments or offers of help. He finally concludes
that in that case, he will have to stay the night at Wuthering Heights.
"I hope it will be a lesson to you to make no more rash journeys on these hills," Twits Heathcliff.
Lockwood offers to sleep in a chair and is forbidden to do so, because Heathcliff won't permit Lockwood the range of the place while Heathcliff is off guard.
This proves too much for Lockwood, who now feels disgust and aversion for "the unmannerly wretch" and the other boorish people who live there. He rushes out into the yard, figuring that risking getting lost on the moors in a snowstorm and potentially perishing is a better bet than staying one moment longer. He seizes Joseph's lantern and even though he tells him he will return it the next day, Joseph claims he's stealing it and sets the dogs on him!
"I hope it will be a lesson to you to make no more rash journeys on these hills," Twits Heathcliff.
Lockwood offers to sleep in a chair and is forbidden to do so, because Heathcliff won't permit Lockwood the range of the place while Heathcliff is off guard.
This proves too much for Lockwood, who now feels disgust and aversion for "the unmannerly wretch" and the other boorish people who live there. He rushes out into the yard, figuring that risking getting lost on the moors in a snowstorm and potentially perishing is a better bet than staying one moment longer. He seizes Joseph's lantern and even though he tells him he will return it the next day, Joseph claims he's stealing it and sets the dogs on him!
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Maister, maister, he’s staling t’ lanthern!’ Hey, Gnasher! Hey, dog! Hey Wolf, holld him, holld him!
— Joseph, Emily BronteAttacked by the Dogs Again
Two
hairy monsters lunge at Lockwood's throat and knock him down, pinning
him to the ground, and Lockwood is enraged when he hears guffaws from
Heathcliff and the young man, Hareton.
Fortunately,
the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws, and yawning, and
flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive.
Zillah Renders Assistance
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A Novel Way of Rendering "Aid"
Lockwood
scolds and Heathcliff laughs. He scolds some more and Heathcliff
continues to laugh. Lockwood becomes so upset, his nose starts to bleed,
and Zillah, the housekeeper, "rescues" him and attempts to restore him.
How so? Why, by pouring a bucket of icy water down his neck! This is
truly the crowning moment to a visit that has been fraught with mishaps.
She than pulls him into the kitchen and condoles with him. Lockwood feels dizzy and faint and in spite of his determined resolve and his efforts to leave, he is now forced to stay the night at Wuthering Heights. Not a prospect he is looking forward to by any stretch of the imagination.
And... it may prove a night that may cure him of ever staying there again.
She than pulls him into the kitchen and condoles with him. Lockwood feels dizzy and faint and in spite of his determined resolve and his efforts to leave, he is now forced to stay the night at Wuthering Heights. Not a prospect he is looking forward to by any stretch of the imagination.
And... it may prove a night that may cure him of ever staying there again.
With these words she suddenly splashed a pint of icy water down my neck.
While Trying to Escape, Lockwood Now Has to Stay Overnight
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Dark Humor
The
mishaps that befall Lockwood are funny indeed. The poor man is
completely out of his element and no efforts on his part defrost the
wintry reserve of the inhabitants at Wuthering Heights. What's even
funnier is that his second visit proves a worst disaster than the first:
he's treated poorly and rendered zero assistance, he's knocked and
pinned to the ground by the dogs, his nose starts to bleed, and... the
coupe de gras: he has icy water poured down his neck! He is cured of
wanting to ever set foot there again.
Bronte makes clever use of dark humor to bring the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights, with all their vagaries, to life, giving them a raw human edge that makes them real.
Bronte makes clever use of dark humor to bring the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights, with all their vagaries, to life, giving them a raw human edge that makes them real.
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