Chapter
5: In
a while Mr. Earnshaw grows ill. He
does not like it when people speak ill of Heathcliff, and no one wants
to bother him, so the people of the house humor Heathcliff, which makes
him arrogant. Hindley is sent away to college.
Cathy is always getting into mischief and trouble.
She is too fond of Heathcliff, so the greatest punishment is to
keep her away from him. Mr.
Earnshaw dies, and Cathy and Heathcliff console each other, telling each
other stories about Heaven.
Chapter
6:
Hindley comes home
to the funeral, and to everyone's surprise, brings a wife with him.
Everyone thinks she is half silly, and as she has neither money
nor name, they understand why Hindley has kept their marriage from his
father. Soon Hindley's
old hatred of Heathcliff is rekindled, and he does not let him have
lessons with the curate anymore, but makes him work as a servant.
Cathy and Heathcliff still spend much time together, running off
to the moors when possible, not minding the punishment.
One day they run out, and when it becomes dark, Hindley says to
lock the doors so that they cannot return.
Mrs. Dean, however, when she hears them returning, goes to let
them in. It is just
Heathcliff, and he says that Cathy is at Thrushcross Grange.
They had been spying on the Linton's, and the family had set
the dog after them. When
they saw who it was, they got the dog off of Catherine, and took her
inside. They called Heathcliff a frightful, wicked boy, and had him
leave. The Linton's and
their children Edgar and Isabella tended to Cathy with stupid admiration
in their eyes. Hindley is
furious when he finds out what happened.
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