Nell meets Hareton after an absence, and is hurled-at literally and literally. She gathers much from this brief interrogation.

Upon Heathcliff’s next visit to Thrushcross Grange, he makes the move on Isabella: Catherine says, “I’m not jealous of you, I’m jealous for you” (97).

“What new phase of character is this?” (97). Heathcliff reveals his intention with him the following speech.

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“Cathy, this lamb of yours threatens like a bull!” (99). The “fight”: “I’d rather see Edgar at bay than you.”

Edgar’s ultimatum: him or me.
Catherine’s fit puts Edgar into a fright; Nell rightly warns him that she is acting, and that giving in will not be the best of responses…