...of a wild, hatless little savage jumping into the house, and rushing to squeeze us all breath-less, there lighted from a handsome black pony a very dignified...you are quite a beauty! I should scarcely have known you—you look like a lady now—Isabella Linton is not to be compared with her, is she, Frances V...

...of a wild, hatless little savage jumping into the house, and rushing to squeeze us all breathless, there lighted from a handsome black pony a very dignified...to hold up with both hands that she might sail 'in. " Why, Cathy, you are quite a beauty! I should scarcely have known you—you look like a lady now—Isabella...

...of a wild, hatless little savage jumping into the house, and rushing to squeeze us all breathless, there 'lighted from a handsome black pony a very dignified...falling from the cover of a feathered beaver, and along cloth habit, which she was obliged to hold up with both hands that she might sail in. Hindley...

...of a wild, hatless little savage jumping into the house, and rushing to squeeze us all breathless, there 'lighted from a handsome black pony a very dignified...habit, which she was obliged to hold up with both hamds that she might sail in. Hindley lifted her from her horse, exclaiming delightedly, ' Why, Cathy,...

...house . . . there alighted from a handsome black pony a very dignified person with brown ringlets. . .and a long cloth habit which she was obliged to hold up with both hands that she might sail in. (Ch. VII) In growing up and becoming a lady (a social construct rather than a biological one), she...

...hatless little savage jumping into the house, and rushing to squeeze us all breathless, there alighted from a handsome black pony a very dignified person...ringlets falling from the cover of a feathered beaver. (WH, 93) Nelly's observations on the social climbing of the newly transformed Catherine provide an...

...of a wild, hatless little savage jumping into the house, and rushing to squeeze us all breathless, there lighted from a handsome black pony a very dignified person, with brown ringlets hilling from the cover of a feathered beaver, and a long cloth habit, which she was obliged to hold...

...— are too large or too fragile to run in. Nor can she move easily in her "grand plaid silk frock," a "long cloth habit which she was obliged to hold up with both hands" in order to walk or mount stairs (40). More important, Catherine's primitive linguistic constructions...

...applesauce looks good — oh dear! I do hope they like applesauce. HINDLEY (off, from the front door). Why, Cathy, you are quite a beauty! I should scarcely have known you — you look like a lady now! (FRANCES runs to door as HEATHCLIFF and JOSEPH arrive in the kitchen. NELLY signals HEATHCLIFF to station...

...social family; it does not take very long before the 'wild, hatless little savage' is changed into 'a very dignified person with brown ringlets falling from the cover of a feathered beaver' (Bronte, 1968: 58). Catherine shares the same exile as Heathcliff; both regard Heaven not as a final...