Chapter 20

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​⁠To obviate the danger of this threat being fulfilled, Mr. Linton commissioned me to take the boy home early, on Catherine’s pony; and, said he—“As we shall now have no influence over his destiny, good or bad, you must say nothing of where he is gone to my daughter: she cannot associate with him hereafter, and it is better for her to remain in ignorance of his proximity; lest she should be restless