Sammendrag av Wuthering Heights, Chapter 14

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1. Edgar refuses to write to Isabella or visit her, and Ellen carries a softened account of his response to Wuthering Heights.
2. Heathcliff questions Ellen about Catherine's illness and insists that his love exceeds Edgar's.
3. Heathcliff mocks Isabella's mistaken hopes, describes his cruelty, and claims that she can leave.
4. Isabella says she fears another escape attempt and accuses Heathcliff of marrying her to gain power over Edgar.
5. Heathcliff threatens Ellen with confinement until she agrees to carry Catherine a letter and conditionally help him visit.
6. Ellen interrupts her account to meet Kenneth, and Lockwood resolves to resist Catherine Heathcliff's attraction.

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Heathcliff’s declaration follows his forceful removal of Isabella. It makes his refusal of compassion explicit before he turns his threats against Ellen.

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