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Answer to Cryptogram
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I have just
returned from a visit to my landlord, the solitary neighbour
that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a
beautiful country - in all England I do not believe
that I could have fixed on a situation so completely
removed from the stir of society. A perfect misanthropists
heaven, and Mr Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair
to divide the desolation between us.
A capital fellow,
he little imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I
beheld his black eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their
brows, as I rode up, and when his finger sheltered
themselves with a jealous resolution still further in his
waistcoat as I announced my name.
'Mr Heathcliff' I
said. A nod was the answer.
'Mr Lockwood, your
new tenant sir. I do myself the honour of calling as soon
as possible after my arrival to express the hope that I
have not inconvenienced you by my perseverance in soliciting
the occupation of Thrushcross Grange. I heard yesterday you
had had some thoughts'.
'Thrushcross
Grange is my own, sir' he interrupted, wincing. 'I should not
allow any one to inconvenience me if I could hinder it.
Walk in.' The 'walk in' was uttered with closed teeth and
expressed the sentiment go to the deuce. Even the gate over
which he leant manifested no sympathizing movement to the
words, and I think that circumstance determined me to
accept the invitation. I felt interested in a man who seemed
more exaggeratedly reserved than
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