The Heights Have Stopped Wuthering

This was a few years back when I was in a local bookshop buying a copy of a book. I was waiting in line while a young-ish-looking woman was handing over a couple of books for the cashier to scan.

Woman: “I’m glad I found the book for Wuthering Heights! It’s my favourite movie!”

Cashier: “I admit I haven’t watched the latest adaptation, but I love the book.”

Woman: “So … do you know if there will be a sequel out soon?”

Cashier: “Sorry?”

Woman: “Do you know if Emily Brontë is writing a sequel?”

Cashier: *After a long pause.* “…I don’t think she’s planning on writing anymore, no.”

I did all I could to stop laughing until the woman had left, obviously disappointed that her favourite author wouldn’t be writing again.