Wuthering Heights II

Lockwood learns that Heathcliff wasnt liked by anyone in the household other than Mr Earnshaw and Cathy. She grew close to him, but perhaps without meaning to, Heathcliff bred dissension in the house. Mrs Earnshaw died and Hindly went away to college. Nelly took over as housekeeper and found the rowdy children a trial. They laughed at Joseph, the manservant, who was always quoting the Bible. Then Mr Earnshaw died suddenly, and Hindley came home, with a wife. She, Frances, tried to make Cathy more ladylike and Hindley who had always hated Heathcliff, told him he was now just a servant and was not to associate with the family. Heathcliff become sullen and silent and even Cathy cannot cheer him. She is growing into a haughty girl, but she likes to run wild with her foster brother when she can. She becomes friendly with the Linton family, who live at Thrushcross Grange and who are more genteel and richer than the Earnshaws, but who are their only social equals in the area. Heathcliff despises the Lintons, as soft and foolish and weak. There are 2 children, Edgar and ISabella, and they seem to enjoy Cathy's company and as they grow older, Edgar is clearly falling in love with Cathy. Then Frances, Hindley's wife, has a son, Hareton and dies soon afterwards. Hindley goes to pieces and starts drinking and gambling. Cathy is now 15, and seems torn between Heathcliff whom she still spends time with, and Edgar who is from a rich family and has nice gentle manners. Heathcliff is jealous and angry with Cathy, his only friend, he knows that he has lost his status and he will just be a farm labourer, unless he can find some way out of it, and it hurts him to see Cathy turning for companionship to Edgar. Then he overhears Cathy telling Nelly that she has accepted Edgar, as it would degrade her to marry a penniless farm boy like Heathcliff. Angered, he disappears into the night and leave the farm. Cathy is horrified, and beccomes ill, and it takes her some time to recover. But in a couple of years, she marries Edgar, since he is still in love with her and Heathcliff has never been seen since.