Wuthering Heights

Nelly tells Edgar that Isabella is at Wuthering Heights and seeks his forgiveness. Nelly goes to Wuthering Heights on her own as Edgar refuses to see his sister, explaining: “I am not angry, but I’m sorry to have lost her” (106).

Nelly observes upon her arrival that Isabella looks “wan and listless” (106), but Heathcliff “never looked better” (107). Nelly tells Heathcliff that Catherine is recovering and warns him to leave her alone, but he insists that he will see her and that “for every thought she spends on Linton, she spends a thousand on [him]” (107). In Isabella’s presence, he rants to Nelly about his annoyance with Isabella, who “persisted in forming a fabulous notion of [his] character, and acting on the false impressions she cherished” (109). After Nelly “flatly refused him fifty times” (112), Heathcliff forces Nelly to arrange for a meeting between him and Catherine.

Nelly interrupts herself, promising Lockwood she will pick her story up in the morning. Lockwood wonders if he should fall in love with Catherine Heathcliff, who may “turn out a second edition of the mother” (112).