71集 reduce him to his right place

lachrymose [ˈlækrɪməʊs]  爱哭的; 爱流泪的

give over 放弃；停止

vagabond /ˈvæɡəbɒnd/ 流浪汉;漂泊者;无业游民

I suppose Catherine fulfilled her project, for the next sentencetook up another subject: she waxed lachrymose.

`How little did I dream that Hindley would ever make me cry so!’she wrote. `My head aches, till I cannot keep it on the pillow; and still Ican’t give over. Poor Heathcliff! Hindley calls him a vagabond, and won’t lethim sit with us, nor eat with us any more; and, he says, he and I must not playtogether, and threatens to turn him out of the house if we break his orders. Hehas been blaming our father (how dared he?) for treating H. too liberally; andswears he will reduce him to his right place--’