Nelly interrupts her narrative to tell Lockwood that her story has now taken them up to the previous winter. She and Lockwood then discuss the possibility of Cathy falling in love with him. Nelly resumes her narrative. Edgar presses her for information about his nephew, Linton, wanting to know if he is nearly as bad as his father. He confesses that he is ready to die and that he would be OK with Cathy marrying Linton if he wasn't such a "feeble tool to his father". Linton sends a letter to Edgar begging to see Cathy, but it's so well-written that Nelly figures Heathcliff actually wrote it.
Eventually Edgar consents to letting Cathy seeing Linton. He is clearly dying and would like for Cathy to live at Wuthering Heights, the home of her ancestors. He figures the only way to do that is by marrying her off to Linton. He has no idea that Linton is as sick as he is.
QOC :
“These things happened last winter sir”
The fact that the narrative has nearly caught up to the present makes the story feel much more immediate.
“I should love her but would she love me ... and then my home is not here”
Also important is that Lockwood recognizes himself as a man of the city rather than of the moors and he sees this as an obstacle to any possible love he might share with Cathy. In other words he sees that his civilized life has no place in the harsh moor country that is Cathy’s home
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