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` To-morn , he 's come hisseln , and thrust _ him _ out , if ye darr ! ' 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 can not associate with him hereafter , and it is better for her to remain in ignorance of his proximity ; lest she should be restless , and anxious to visit the Heights . Merely tell her his father sent for him suddenly , and he has been obliged to leave us . ' Linton was very reluctant to be roused from his bed at five o'clock , and astonished to be informed that he must prepare for further travelling ; but I softened off the matter by stating that he was going to spend some time with his father , Mr. Heathcliff , who wished to see him so much , he did not like to defer the pleasure till he should recover from his late journey . ` My father ! ' he cried , in strange perplexity . ` Mamma never told me I had a father .