YetImustnotbeunderstoodtomakethesethingssubjectforreproachorcomplaint；Idarenotdoso；respectformysister\'smemoryforbidsme。Byheranysuchquerulousmanifestationwouldhavebeenregardedasanunworthyandoffensiveweakness。
Itismyduty，aswellasmypleasure，toacknowledgeoneexceptiontothegeneralruleofcriticism。Onewriter，endowedwiththekeenvisionandfinesympathiesofgenius，hasdiscernedtherealnatureof\'WutheringHeights，\'andhas，withequalaccuracy，noteditsbeautiesandtouchedonitsfaults。ToooftendoreviewersremindusofthemobofAstrologers，Chaldeans，andSoothsayersgatheredbeforethe\'writingonthewall，\'andunabletoreadthecharactersormakeknowntheinterpretation。Wehavearighttorejoicewhenatrueseercomesatlast，somemaninwhomisanexcellentspirit，towhomhavebeengivenlight，wisdom，andunderstanding；whocanaccuratelyreadthe\'Mene，Mene，Tekel，Upharsin\'ofanoriginalmind（howeverunripe，howeverinefficientlyculturedandpartiallyexpandedthatmindmaybe）；
andwhocansaywithconfidence，\'Thisistheinterpretationthereof。
YeteventhewritertowhomIalludesharesthemistakeabouttheauthorship，anddoesmetheinjusticetosupposethattherewasequivoqueinmyformerrejectionofthishonour（asanhonourI
regardit）。MayIassurehimthatIwouldscorninthisandineveryothercasetodealinequivoque；Ibelievelanguagetohavebeengivenustomakeourmeaningclear，andnottowrapitindishonestdoubt？