Walt Whitman
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- Joined
- Jan 4, 2012
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Italian
- Home Country
- Italy
- Current Location
- Italy
The following is a passage taken from Rachel Firth’s adaptation of Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights”.
Context: Zillah, the housekeeper at Wuthering Heights, is leading Mr Lockwood upstairs to his bedroom.
She urged me to keep quiet, and hide the light of my candle. When asked why, all she would say was that the room was one its owner would never willingly put anyone in. And why this was so, she would not say. “There are enough peculiar things going on in this house to cure anyone of their curiosity,” were her parting words to me.
Two questions:
(1) What is the meaning of “would” in the underlined sentences?
(2) What is the meaning of “cure anyone of their curiosity”?
Thank you
WW
Context: Zillah, the housekeeper at Wuthering Heights, is leading Mr Lockwood upstairs to his bedroom.
She urged me to keep quiet, and hide the light of my candle. When asked why, all she would say was that the room was one its owner would never willingly put anyone in. And why this was so, she would not say. “There are enough peculiar things going on in this house to cure anyone of their curiosity,” were her parting words to me.
Two questions:
(1) What is the meaning of “would” in the underlined sentences?
(2) What is the meaning of “cure anyone of their curiosity”?
Thank you
WW