r relished mortifying her now and then: besides, she
             hurt me extremely; so I started up on my knees, and screamed
             'Oh miss, that's a nasty trick! You have no right to nip me, I'm
             'I didn't touch you, you lying creature' cried she, her fingers
             tingling to repeat the act, and her ears red with rage. She never
             had the power to conceal her passion, it always set her whole
             'What's that then?' I retorted, showing a decided purple
             She stamped her foot, wavered a moment, and then irresistibly
             impelled by the naughty spirit within her, slapped me on the cheek
             a stinging blow that filled both eyes with water. (61)
             This passage really shows Catherine's true personality. She had a
             passion that could not be squelched by a little bit of refinement for
             the sake of Edgar and Isabella Linton. Catherine did have one
             saving trait: she had a true loyalty to old attachments. She never
             stopped caring about Heathcliff and what happened to him. She
             told Ellen Dean, while making the decision to marry Edgar, that
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