Wuthering Heights, sammanfattning av Chapter 29

Handling

1. Ellen and Catherine hope to remain together at the Grange, with Linton joining them.
2. Heathcliff arrives, describes Linton’s terror of him, and orders Catherine to come home.
3. Catherine promises to protect Linton and confronts Heathcliff with his loneliness and misery.
4. Heathcliff refuses Ellen’s request to work at the Heights and describes opening Mrs. Linton’s coffin.
5. He recounts an earlier attempt to uncover her grave and years of sensing her presence without seeing her.
6. Heathcliff forbids Ellen to visit and leads Catherine away on foot.

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Heathcliff presents his longing as relentless suffering. His confession gives substance to Catherine’s accusation that his cruelty accompanies profound misery.

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