you are this lady's husband
I suddenly realized I had made a serious mistake.So his wife was dead!Of course he was too old to be married to that young girl. She must be married to the young man next to me,who was drinking his tea out of a bowl and eating his bread with unwashed hands.Perhaps the poor girl had found no one better to marry in this uninhabited area.I turned politely to the young man.
‘Ah,so you are this lady's husband!’This was worse than before. His face went red,and he seemed only just able to stop himself hitting me.He muttered something I could not hear.
‘Wrong again,Mr Lockwood,'said Mr Heathcliff.‘No,her husband,my son,is dead.This,’he added,looking scornfully at the young man,‘is certainly not my son.’