A story of a sagacious women with no shelter. she was separated from her family and ended up with a foolish man in the wild. Eventually they have to separate and she remembers his words as a reference. Though they aren't accurate, she uses the advice anyways
'She did not yell out-no! she would have scorned to do it, if she had been on the horns of a mad cow' would be the best line for this.
The sentence above indicates that his wife has the typical attitude of upper class women during that time, spoiled and cowardly and Since hindley Earnshaw also grew within that society, he basically displayed the same charactr.
Answer:
Marcos pretended to have the gift of prophecy, which Clara possessed.
