And The Hardest Part Was Letting Go: Wuthering Heights Journal: Part FIVE

Catherine I is no more, but Catherine II is. Perhaps I am getting ahead of myself.

So to answer my previous question, yes, this pregnancy took place during the mental illness... she never recovered. In fact, she died two hours after giving birth to Catherine II.

Okay, course of events: 1) Isabella writes to Ellen 2)Ellen visits Wuthering Heights 3) I pause to break that down further.

Heathcliff is quite rude to his wife, orders her around like a pet, and tells Nelly that she married him in dilusion, and he is punishing her, trying to shape her or something.

4) Heathcliff demands to see Catherine I at least one last time (as he knows that she is ill) and eventually forces Ellen to forge a plan letting her in 5)Cue another break to explain insanity

So having been let in, Heathcliff goes to meet up with Catherine I. It's a Sunday and Mr. Linton is at church. Naturally, Catherine I is left at home due to her weakness. (Remember, Heathcliff was banned by Linton right before Catherine I shut herself off.)

So the two basically profess their love for each other, giving the quote "I could no soon forget you as I could my own existence!" (or something along those lines...).  And through the insanity, Mrs. Dean stands guard, and eventually Linton comes back.

Heathcliff sneaks out and Catherine I slips into somewhat of a coma, with the last person she sees being Heathcliff. She has Catherine II, and as previously noted, dies within two hours of this.

Hindley no longer cares (or so it seems) and doesn't attend the funeral ceremony, nor does anyone but the servants (including Mrs. Dean) and Edgar.

Somewhere in there, Mr. Lockwood ponders what it would be like to get to know this Catherine II, and if she is as insane/angrily-tempered as her mother.

I feel that this is the end of Mrs. Dean's tale, and Lockwood is planning on penning the rest of it by getting mixed in with what remains of this family... Just a thought.

Sorry that this is so scatter-brained, but those past three chapters were quite scatter-brained....