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=CHAPTER 18:=

Arasin and Kaytlyn

__EVENTS or DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS CHAPTER:__

At the beginning of the chapter, Nelly is confronted by another housemaid, Ziliah, who's master is also Mr. Linton. At first it seems Ziliah was just spinning rumors that she had heard in the town, yet it is revealed that Edgar Linton has not perished, despite the worries that Catherine and Nelly previously expressed. She visits Edgar, and tells him that Cathy will see him before he dies. Sending for her and failing at first, Catherine finally succeeds in slipping away from Heathcliff and Linton. Linton acts in his bravado manner without supporting his claims by taking action, and Cathy manages after 'sickness' to get away. Cathy had ran to his bedside, and watched her father die under her care and love. After being examined by the community doctor, he was pronounced dead. There was a funeral following this, and Cathy continued leading a double life.

__3 IMPORTANT QUOTATIONS FROM THIS CHAPTER (and why):__

"He says I'm not to be soft to Catherine; she's my wife, and it's shameful that she should wish to leave me! He says, she hates me, and wants me to die, that she may have my money; but she shan't have it: and she shan't go home! She never shall! - she may cry, and be sick as much as she pleases!" - This shows Linton's attachment to Cathy, despite how she loathes his objectives. He treats Cathy in a Heathcliff manner, as it seems like Cathy is treated more like an object than a person.

"Her father //shall// see her, I vowed, and vowed again, if that devil be killed on his own doorstones in trying to prevent it!" - Shows the ties and the determination that Nelly has towards reuniting the father and daughter.

"I am going to her; and you darling child shall come to us." - These final words before Edgar's passing shows that he is going to be reunited with Catherine and that someday, he plans that Cathy will join them in the beyond life.

__THEMATIC CONNECTIONS and MOTIFS:__

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