Wuthering Heights, sammanfattning av Chapter 4

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1. Seeking company over supper, the narrator asks Mrs. Dean about Heathcliff's wealth and the family relationships at Wuthering Heights.
2. Mrs. Dean begins her childhood account with Mr. Earnshaw bringing a homeless child home from Liverpool.
3. The household initially rejects the child, who receives the name Heathcliff and becomes close to Cathy.
4. Mr. Earnshaw favors Heathcliff, while Hindley resents losing his father's affection and abuses the newcomer.
5. Nursing Heathcliff through measles softens Mrs. Dean's hostility, though she still questions his apparent lack of gratitude.
6. Heathcliff threatens to expose Hindley's beatings unless they exchange horses, and secures the exchange despite further attacks.

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Mrs. Dean distinguishes her childhood judgment from her present understanding. Heathcliff's silence does not establish forgiveness, even though she initially takes it that way.

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