she will never see her dying father again. She agrees and rushes back to her father at Thrushcross Grange. When he realizes what Heathcliff is planning he sends for a lawyer so he can alter his will, putting Linton's inheritance into trusts so Heathcliff cannot ever control it. However, the lawyer never comes and Edgar dies. Linton dies soon after marrying Catherine, and Heathcliff's plan of revenge is complete; he now controls the old Earnshaw and Linton estates. The aloof Hareton tries to comfort Catherine after the losses of her father and husband but she will not have it. She instead takes out her sorrows on him. Catherine mocks his illiteracy and pronunciation of words. He tries to learn to read, in order to impress her but when he tries to read to her she just laughs and calls him stupid. He is embarrassed and storms off, avoiding her as much as possible. In a strange hunting accident he is injured and forced to spend most of his time recovering in the kitchen at Wuthering Heights, the room that people spend most of their time in because of its warmth and comfort. Catherine tries to pass time in her room, in order to avoid him, but it is too cold. When she realizes that she will be forced to spend her time in the kitchen with Hareton she decides that it might as well be pleasant. She gives him her favorite book and offers to teach him how to read it. Hareton accepts her offer, and the two eventually become good friends. Heathcliff meanwhile, is still mourning the loss of his original love, Catherine. He bribes the local gravedigger to move Edgar's body and bury his own next to hers when he dies. He persuades his faithful servant Joseph to make sure that these arrangements are fulfilled. Heathcliff also professes his belief that the dead are never settled and that their souls wander the earth. He claims to have been visited by Catherine's ghost many times. He says that he sees her image in e...
