All 4 Uses of
treachery
in
Wuthering Heights
- ' "I'm weary of enduring now," I replied; "and I'd be glad of a retaliation that wouldn't recoil on myself; but treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies."†
p. 127.7treachery = betrayal
- "Treachery and violence are a just return for treachery and violence!" cried Hindley.†
p. 127.8 *
- "Treachery and violence are a just return for treachery and violence!" cried Hindley.†
p. 127.8
- I've a very good mind to shake you severely, for your contemptible treachery, and your imbecile conceit.'†
p. 198.2
Definition:
the behavior of someone who pretends to be a friend and then tricks, cheats, or betrays