Transcriber's Note:

While this first entry was saved from damage, a large portion of the entries after it were too water-damaged to decipher. The only thing I was able to make out from  Uncle Heathcliff's journal at this period in his life is the sentence "I'm trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back. I don't care how long I wait, if I can only do it at last. I hope he will not die before I do!" Written over and over again, taking up three and a half pages.  I fear that my great-uncle may have gone mad.