Wuthering Heights Summary Cathy doesn’t go to Wuthering Heights, because he father had forbid her of it. Nelly tells Edgar that Linton is very sick, but not evil like his father. Edgar is also getting sicker, and as much as he wants to be with Catherine once again, he is scared to leave Cathy. Nelly tells him that Cathy will be okay if she marries Linton. Edgar says this would be okay, even though he hates Heathcliff, because he just wants Cathy to be happy. Edgar finally allows Cathy and Nelly to pay a visit to Linton, although he is getting sicker and sicker. They plan tomeet him on the moors, but a messenger meets them there instead and says that Linton is to si