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... So if she catches us red-handed, Nelly might give us the super sleepy smack.

Besides, the front gate has got to be closed and locked by now.

…….

This is...

Now, ready?

Ready for... what?

My, Heathcliff! Didn't I tell you to pay attention when I'm speaking?

Ready to race from the top of that hill to the gardens?

I'll win this time, I'm sure of it.

But Cathy... you don't have your shoes.

Heh, I suppose Nelly will have to lecture me, then. Doesn't matter, though!

Oh! See that magnificent house over there?! Why don't we head over there and peek through its windows? I want to see who lives in such a big house.

…….

Cathy, we can't...

Why not?

Because...

If we go there now... they'll spot us...

... and sic their monstrously large hounds on us.

One of them will bite your ankle. You won't scream, but...

... you'll bleed a lot. Enough to keep your wound bandaged for weeks. I regretted it, day and night, that it should've been me who was mauled in your place.

... And?

The people in that house will take you inside to dress your wounds...

... and there, you'll meet... Linton...

How did you feel about that?

Everyone was entranced the moment they saw you... Of course they were. Because you are the most beautiful person in the world.

But... Heathcliff.

You left me behind in that manor.

My heart sank to its deepest depths. Then, instead of hitting rock bottom, it kept sinking.

Now that I think about it, I felt... wretched. Miserable.

I was angry that you hurt your ankles. I hated that I wasn't a part of that posh picture with you and the others. But more than anything, I...

... felt that we could no longer be together... ever again.

That incident really drew Hindley's ire. So he ordered Nelly to completely neglect your care.

I stayed at this manor for five weeks... grew closer to Linton and his little sister Isabella...

... It was the stay which, eventually, became the reason you denied me for the first time.

My life until this moment... they were the happiest times of my life. It was all I ever wanted.

But I must leave now. Because this is but a diary of mine.

You can't change the past.

I... I still cherished this day. The day I could run so freely across the gardens by your side...

I did too, Heathcliff.

That is why I wrote my diary. So that I will hold these memories to eternity's end.

My... most precious memories...