Wuthering Heights
wgat prevents heathvliff from beating hindley to death
chapter 17
chapter 17
Heathcliff stops himself from beating Hindley to death. It's a matter of self-control.
"He exerted preterhuman self-denial in abstaining from finishing him completely; but getting out of breath, he finally desisted, and dragged the apparently inanimate body on to the settle."
Wuthering Heights