Chapter 6 Summary

Hindley comes back home for the funeral and brings with him his wife, whom he had kept a secret. Hindley is mean-spirited and condemns all of the servants to the back rooms. He also turns Heathcliff into a servant instead of one of the family. He is no longer allowed to learn with Catherine and he has to do manual labor in the fields. If either Catherine or Heathcliff disobeyed Hindley, which they often do, they are disciplined. One day the pair runs off and cannot be found when the housekeeper calls them for dinner. Hindley locks all of the doors and ordered the servants not to let them in.

Nelly has stayed up to watch for them. It is only Heathcliff that comes back. Catherine is staying the night at Thrushcross Grange. The Linton's, who live there, did not ask him to...