"If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results."
"Cathy, this lamb of yours threatens like a bull!' he said. 'It is in danger of splitting its skull against my knuckles. By God! Mr. Linton, I'm mortally sorry that you are not worth knocking down!"
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Source: Emily Bronte (1858). “Wuthering Heights”, p.101
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