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4. “He’s not a human being; and he has no claim on my charity. I gave him my heart, and
he took and pinched it to death, and flung it back to me. People feel with their hearts, and
since he has destroyed mine, I have not power to feel for him.”

Isabella said these words to Ellen when Isabella Came running from Wuthering Heights to
Thrushcross Grange, her face was pale and cut. Isabella begged Ellen to get a Carriage so she
could escape from Heathcliff, Ellen gave her a change of clothes and Isabell threw her wedding
ring into the fire. Isabella hated Heathcliff and could feel no compassion for him when he was
hurt from Catherine's death.

5. “But leaving out my arm, every inch of me is as sore as if I had been fighting with a
legion of imps!”

Hindley said these words to Isabella when he was sitting by the fire hurt and sick after his
attempt to Kill Heathcliff which failed. Isabella started to tell him how Heathcliff kept hitting
him after he fainted.
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4. “I saw her at morn, she would have me cut her a hazel switch, and then she leapt her
Galloway over the hedge yonder, where it is lowest, and galloped out of sight.”

Laborer said these words to Nelly when Cathy took advantage "Edgar" was absent visiting
Isabella. Cathy was wild like her mother and curious to discover wuthering Heights so she took
the opportunity to have a little adventure which ended by her meeting Hareton and discovering
that he was her Cousin whom her father didn't want her to ever meet him

5. “people can have many cousins and of all sorts, without being any the worse for it; only
they needn’t keep their company, if they be disagreeable and bad.”

Nelly said these words to Cathy when Nelly arrived at Wuthering Heights to check where Cathy
had gone. She found that Cathy insulted Hareton and asked if he was the master's son. When
Hareton responded that he wasn't, Cathy insulted him even more, thinking that he was a servant.
Cathy was shocked when Nelly revealed to her that Hareton was in fact her cousin. Cathy was
ashamed and started to cry so Ellen took her back to the Grange.
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1) "A very unlikely hour to be traveling people and the instant they have returned from a
long journey, I don't think the master can see him."

Ellen said this to one of the maids at Thrushcross Grange when the maid came saying that
Joseph came to see Edgar and asked to take Linton to his father (Heathcliff) at Wuthering
Heights. Ellen tried to protect and delay Linton's leave by saying that the master of the house
was asleep but Joseph didn't care and went into Edgar's room asking him to give him the child
of Heathcliff.
2) "He is in bed, too tired to go distance now you may also tell him that the mother of
Linton desired him to stay under my guardianship at present, his health is very precarious
(dangerous)"
Edgar said these words to Joseph when he insisted to take Linton back to Wuthering Heights
with or Heathcliff would come and take the boy himself by law. Edgar wished to Keep Linton
and protect him at Thrushcross Grange but in the end he wasn't his father and he couldn't legally
keep him, so all he could do was delay until the next morning saying that the child's health was
dangerous.

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1) "He lives a little distance from the grange, just beyond these hills, not so far, but you
may walk over here when you get hearty. And you should be glad to. go home and see
him, you must try to love him. You try to love him, as you did your mother, and he will
love you'

Ellen to Linton when Ellen took Linton early in the morning from Thrushcross Grange to
Wuthering Heights. She wanted to relieve him, promising that he would stay with his father
"Heathcliff" for a little while, and whenever he wanted to come back, he could. Linton was
shocked to know that he had a father because Isabella never mentioned that he had a father.
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 2) "I feared I should have to come down and fetch my property myself. You have brought
it, have you? Let us see what we can make of it."

Heathcliff said that Ellen when she brought Linton to Wuthering Heights. He described his son
as his property. When Heathcliff and Joseph saw Linton, they both hated how weak and sick he
was. Heathcliff insulted Isabella because she hid the truth that he had a son and didn't tell
Linton anything about his father. Ellen asked Heathcliff to be kind to Linton and Heathcliff said
that he will treat Linton in a good way because all he needed from Linton was to stay alive till
Edgar die So Linton would inherit the grange and give it to Heathcliff.

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1) “He’s looking better these few days. It is not often he is fit to be seen. And we will soon
persuade her to keep the visit a secret, where is the harm in that?”
Heathcliff said these words to Ellen. He told her that he encouraged Cathy to know more about
Linton so they would marry and he would be doubly sure of inheriting the Grange.

2) “Did anybody ever hear like that! I might just as well talk of loving the miller who comes
once a year to buy our corn. Pretty loving indeed.”
Ellen said these words to Cathy who was disappointed and began a secret relationship with
Linton. When Ellen discovered that, she suspected that Linton’s letters were dictated by
Heathcliff. Ellen confronted Cathy and burned the letters, threatening to tell her father if Cathy
continued to write to Linton.

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1) “There is a little flower up yonder, the last bud from the multitude of blue balls that
clouded those turf stops with a ………., will you chamber up, and pluck it to show to
papa?”
Ellen said these words to Cathy when her father Edger caught a cute cold. He was confined to
his bed all winter. Cathy became sad after the end of her little romantic story. She was worried
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2) “How can you lie so glaringly to the poor child? Pray ride on! How can you deliberately
get up such paltry false hoods? I’ll knock the lock off with a stone. You won’t believe that
nonsense. You can …….. in yourself. It is impossible that a person should die for love of a
stranger”
Ellen said these words to to Heathcliff and Cathy. Cathy was taking a walk when she met
Heathcliff, he told her that Linton was dying of a broken heart as she stopped seeing him after
he fell in love with her. He told her that if she was kind, she would visit him. Ellen shouted at
Heathcliff telling him that he shouldn’t lie to Cathy and told Cathy not to trust Heathcliff. But
Cathy persuaded Ellen to visit Wuthering Heights” just to check on Linton.
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1) “Despise you? No! I love you better than anybody living. I don’t love Mr.
Heathcliff, though; and I dare not come when he returns: will he stay away many
days?”
Cathy said these words to Linton when Linton asked her whether she would visit him a gain or
not. Cathy sympathized so much with Linton for two reasons; the first one that she really love
him and the second one was due to the mistreatment he received from Hareton, Joseph and
sometimes Zillah. There was a little argument between him and Cathy in which he said that
they should marry since his father told him that wives love their husbands equal if not more
than their fathers. When she told him she will never love anyone as much as she loved her
father, and that what his father told him was inaccurate as his mother “Isabella” didn’t love his
father “Heathcliff” he got angry. He told her that her mother “Catherine” didn’t also love her
father Edger, he added that she loved his father “Heathcliff”. She gave him a little push, yet
weak and fragile as he was, he kept coughing for a while. When they reconciled ‫ تصالح‬he was
afraid that she might not want to see him again. Yet, she assured him that they will meet again.
She added that she only fears Mr Heathcliff.
2) “You must come, to cure me, you ought to come, because you have hurt me:
you know you have extremely! I was not as ill when you entered as I am at
present—was I?”
Linton said these words to Cathy at Wuthering Heights. There was a little argument between
him and Cathy in which he said that they should marry since his father told him that wives love
their husbands equal if not more than their fathers. When she told him she will never love
anyone as much as she loved her father, and that what his father told him was inaccurate as his
mother “Isabella” didn’t love his father “Heathcliff” he got angry. He told her that her mother
“Catherine” didn’t also love her father “Edger”. He added that Catherine her mother loved his
father “Heathcliff”. She pushed the arm chair on which he was sitting. Weak and fragile as
Linton was, he kept coughing for a while. He told Cathy that when she goes home she will
sleep calmly but he won’t due to his illness which became worse because of her. He wanted
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her to feel guilty so that she would go and visit him again.
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1) You know you have been doing wrong, or you wouldn’t be driven to uttering an
untruth to me. That does grieve me. I’d rather be three months ill, than hear you
frame a deliberate lie.”
Ellen said these words to Cathy at the Grange when Ellen noticed that Cathy was not saying the
truth. When Nelly recovers, she quickly observes Cathy's suspicious activities and catches her
returning from a night out. After a weak attempt to deceive Nelly, Cathy confesses that she's
been visiting Linton at Wuthering Heights. Nelly was very mad at Cathy because she
deliberately lied to her.

2) “About three times, I think, we have been merry and hopeful, as we were the first
evening; the rest of my visits were dreary and troubled: now with his selfishness and spite,
and now with his sufferings: but I’ve learned to endure the former with nearly as little
resentment as the latter.”
Cathy said these words to Nelly. Nelly finds out that Cathy has been sneaking away to the
Heights during her illness. Nelly forces the truth out of her, and Cathy briefly takes over the
narrative. Cathy told Nelly that she went to the Heights almost every night while Nelly was
sick. She and Linton spend all sorts of time talking and telling stories, finding out how little in
common they have. One day, she ran into Hareton, who tried to impress her with the fact that he
can now read his own name above the door. She just mocks him and goes into the house.
Hareton bursts in and throws a screaming Linton into the kitchen.
Linton later blames Cathy for the scene, but they make up. Nelly promptly tells Edgar about
Cathy's visits to the Heights; again, she is forbidden to go there.
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1) “It may be very possible that I should love her; but would she love me? I doubt it
too much to venture my tranquility by running into temptation: and then my
home is not here. I’m of the busy world, and to its arms I must return.”
Lockwood said these words to Nelly, She finds it strange to share the story with a stranger like
Lockwood, but she wonders if he might fall for Cathy and become less of a stranger.
Lockwood admits he could fall for Cathy, but he doubts she would love him, and he notes that
he'll soon depart, as the moors aren't his home. He tells Nelly to continue.
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2) “Resign her to God as it is, and if we should lose you—which may He forbid—under His
providence, I’ll stand her friend and counsellor to the last. She is a good girl: I don’t fear
that she will go willfully wrong; and people who do their duty are always finally
rewarded.”

Nelly says these words to Edger in a conversation in which he reveals that he feels close to
death, Edgar admits he would consent to letting Cathy marry Linton—if, that is, he thought this
would make Cathy happy and that Linton would be able to care for her. If this were the case, Edgar
would even be able to make peace with the fact that Heathcliff would gain control of Thrushcross
Grange. However, Edgar doesn't get the impression that Linton could actually care for Cathy. Nelly
promised him that she will always be by Cathy and she will never abandon her.

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1) “But I think, you’d be more comfortable at home than sitting here; and I cannot
amuse you today, I see, by my tales, and songs, and chatter: you have grown
wiser than I, in these six months; you have little taste for my diversions now: or
else, if I could amuse you, I’d willingly stay.”
Cathy said these words to Linton. Cathy and Nelly ride to the location on the moors where they are to
meet Linton, but he's not there—instead they find him nearby Wuthering Heights. He appears even
weaker than usual, but he insists that he is in fact getting stronger. Linton is now so weak that he can
barely stand nature at all. He needs the protection of a house, of civilization, to keep him alive.
Linton seems anxious during the entire visit and keeps glancing over his shoulder at Wuthering
Heights. As the visit ends, Cathy promises to meet Linton in the same place the following Thursday. As
they travel home, Cathy and Nelly discuss how much more ill Linton seems, but decide that they'll have
to wait until the next visit to get a real sense of his health.

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2) “For to-day we must part, And I won’t conceal that I have been sadly disappointed with
our meeting; though I’ll mention it to nobody but you: not that I stand in awe of Mr.
Heathcliff.”

Cathy said these words to Linton after their short meeting in the moors near Wuthering Heights.
She was really disappointed for many reasons. Firstly, she felt that Linton was forced to meet
her in the moors as he did not show ant passion or affection towards her; on the contrary he was
anxious and exhausted. Secondly, his health was worse than the last time she saw him last
winter. Finally, he fell asleep while she was sitting next to him and only woke up when he
imagined that he heard his father’s voice calling his name which shows how much pain he
suffers and how much Heathcliff intimidates him.

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1) “Why won’t you be candid? Why cannot you say at once you don’t want me? It is
strange, Linton, that for the second time you have brought me here on purpose,
apparently to distress us both, and for no reason besides!”
Cathy said these words to Linton when they met for the second time in the moors. Edgar's
health continues to fail over the following week. Though she doesn't want to leave her sick
father alone, Cathy rides with Nelly to see Linton on the moors. Linton is even more nervous
during this meeting than the last one, and admits that his father is pushing him to woo Cathy.
He also says that he's frightened of what Heathcliff would do to him if she doesn't marry him.

2) “Keep your eft’s fingers off; and move, or I’ll kick you! I’d rather be hugged by a snake.
How the devil can you dream of fawning on me? I detest you!”
Heathcliff said these words to Cathy when she wanted him to let her go back to the Grange
after he had kidnapped her to force her to marry Linton. She did not want her father to think
that she abandoned him while he was dying. She was also afraid that he dies without seeing
her. She told Heathcliff she didn’t want her father to suffer on the last day of his life because of
her. Yet, Heathcliff told her he wouldn’t be able to sleep all night out of happiness if Edger
suffered on the last day of his life because of him. She begged him to let her go to see her
father and she promised him that she would marry Linton as she loved him but he refused to let
her go. She even begged him to let Nelly go to tell her father that she was at Wuthering
Heights but he refused.
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