s after Heathcliff's interjection into the natural order. Details seem disagreeable from the very start of the narrative. After a completely inhospitable 'welcome,' Lockwood notes, "even the gate over which he leant manifested no sympathizing movement to the words" (3). In an estate such as Wuthering Heights, one would expect to find an army of caretakers and groundsmen, constantly pruning and digging to beautify the property. However, immediately upon his arrival, Lockwood notices that "Here we have the whole establishment of domestics ... No wonder the grass grows up between the flags, and cattle are the only hedge-cutters" (3). Wuthering Heights is overgrown with weeds and lies uncared for. The interior of the house is no better off. The kitchen into which Lockwood is led, is desolate and cold, much like the moors that surround both Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. Lockwood "observed no signs of roasting, boiling, or baking about the huge fireplace; nor any glitter of copper saucepans and tin cullenders on the walls" (4). T
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