Oh,Heathcliff. He gets worse everyday. It would degrade me to marry him.
I wish he hadn't come back. Oh,it would be heaven to escape from this disorderly,comfortless
place.
ELLEN
Well,if Master Edgar and his charms and money and parties mean heaven to you, what's to keep you from taking your place among the Linton angels?
CATHY
I don't think I belong in heaven, Ellen. I dreamt once I was there. I
dreamt I went to heaven, and that heaven didn't seem to be my home. And
I broke my heart with weeping to come back to earth. The angels were so
angry. They flung me out in the middle of the heath on top of Wuthering
Heights. And I woke up sobbing with joy. That's it, Ellen! I have no more
business marrying Edgar Linton than I have of being in heaven! But Ellen,
Ellen,what can I do?
ELLEN
You're thinking of Heathcliff.
CATHY
Who else? He's sunk so low. He seems to take pleasure in being mean and
brutal. And yet, he is more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made
of,his and mine are the same. Linton's is as different as frost from fire.
My one thought in living is Heathcliff. Ellen,I am Heathcliff! Everything
he's suffered, l have suffered.The little happiness he's ever known,I've
had,too. Oh,Ellen,if everything in the world died and Heathcliff remained,life
would still be full for me.
・degrade:〈人を〉卑しくする, 堕落させる。
・disorderly:無秩序の, 混乱した。
・comfortless:わびしい, 荒涼とした。
・keep one from doing〜:〜することを妨げる。
・fling:投げる, ほうり出す。
・sob:むせび[すすり]泣く。
・sunk:救いようがない, すっかりだめな。
・brutal:残忍[粗暴, 非人間的]な。
・suffer:苦しむ, 悩む。
・remain:依然として(…の状態)のままである。