Come in, Heathcliff. Sit by the fire. You'll have a whisky?
HEATHCLIFF
No,thank you.
EDGAR
Well,I've never seen such a change in a man, Heathcliff.I wouldn't have
known you.You seem to have prospered since our last meeting.
HEATHCLIFF
Somewhat.
CATHY
Ellen said you'd been to America.
HEATHCLIFF
Yes.
CATHY
We all wondered where you went.
EDGAR
Have you met my sister, Heathcliff,Miss Linton? .
HEATHCLIFF
Miss Linton
EDGAR
Well,what brought about this amazing transformation? Did you discover a
gold mine in the New World, or perhaps you fell heir to a fortune?
HEATHCLIFF
The truth is, I remembered that my father was an emperor of China, and
my mother was an Indian queen, and I went out and claimed my inheritance.It
all turned out just as you once suspected, Cathy. That I had been kidnapped
by wicked sailors and brought to England, that I was of noble birth.