Chapter
19:
A letter arrives
from Edgar saying that Isabella has died and that he will soon be coming
home with Linton. Catherine
is quite excited as now she will have a playmate, and when they do
arrive, Edgar tells her to not try to play with Linton then as he is sad
and quite sickly. They all hope that they can keep him, but that night Joseph
comes to the door to get him. Edgar
tells him no, but Joseph says that his master himself will come, so
Edgar says that Linton will come to Wuthering Heights the next day.
Chapter
20: The
next day Ellen takes Linton to Wuthering Heights.
He is quite confused, as he has never even heard that he had a
father. Ellen tries to tell him everything will be all right, and when
he cries, she tells him falsely that they will visit him.
When they arrive, Linton is quite scared of Heathcliff and
Heathcliff obviously does not like him.
He as light skin and hair, looking nothing like his father, and
he is sickly. He tells
Ellen not to worry though, that he will take good care of him, because
he is well aware that he is the heir to Thrushcross Grange, and there is
nothing he would like better than to see his descendent in possession of
it. As she tries to sneak
way, Ellen can hear Linton begging her not to leave him there.
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