Cathy was a good child, but she was very spoiled and overprotected, because Edgar didn't trust anyone with her. She was not allowed to leave the house unless she went to the nearby park and was accompanied by Nelly or Edgar himself. Before Isabella died, she wanted Edgar to visit her so she could entrust Linton to him. He goes on a journey to claim Linton for himself, so Nelly is tasked with caring for Cathy. While Edgar is away, Nelly takes Cathy to Wuthering Heights to meet her cousin, Hareton, which was strictly forbidden to her, particularly because there was to be no communication between the houses. Edgar returns to the Grange with Linton; Catherine and Linton get along easily and become good friends almost immediately. That same night, Joseph comes to the Grange, demanding that Linton go to Wuthering Heights to be with his father, Heathcliff. When they arrive at the Heights, Linton is dismayed by the ugly exterior appearance of his new house and is afraid of his father, shouting that he refuses to stay there. Cathy turns sixteen, sharing her birthday with that of her mother's death. Edgar goes to visit Catherine's grave, so Nelly takes Cathy to play. They meet Heathcliff and he tells Nelly that he wants Cathy and Linton to get married. When Cathy learns that Linton is in fact Heathcliff's son, she returns home and blames Edgar for keeping her apart for so long. Catherine and Linton begin writing love letters to each other behind their parents' backs. Nelly finds out and threatens to tell Edgar about the letters unless Catherine lets them all burn. Autumn approaches and Edgar falls very ill. Nelly and Catheri...... middle of paper ......d wraps a book for him as a gift and promises to teach him to read it if he accepts her apology. Over time, they begin to truly love each other. However, now that Hareton adores Cathy, she tries to turn him against his father. When Heathcliff discovers her plan, he nearly hits her, but admits that he has lost all desire to torment Cathy and Hareton, because they remind him so much of his love for Catherine. Heathcliff begins to be very satisfied with his life and is brought back to peace. He refuses to eat anything and takes long walks in the middle of the night. He tells Nelly that he has already found his own paradise and is dying soon. Earlier, when Catherine died, Heathcliff asked the sexton to remove one side of Catherine's coffin. He did this deliberately, so that now the two lifeless bodies were placed next to each other and remained together forever..