Chapters 30-33:

Shortly after their marriage Linton dies. Cathy is not allowed to leave, and life at Wutheirng heights continues as glumy as ever. Mrs. Dean (Nelly) finishes telling Mr. Lockwood her story of Heathcliff's history. After hearing the story Mr. Lockwood finds Thrushcross Grange to be an eery place to reside, and so he travels up to Wuthering Heights to inform Mr. Heathcliff that he will leaving for London shortly, he will continue to rent Thrushcross Grange till the year is up, but he won't be living there. Nine months later Mr. Lockwood is traveling and finds himself in close proximity to the Grange, and instead of staying in an Inn, he returns home and has the servents prepare for his visit. However he is displeased to discover that Nelly has been removed to from the Grange, and currently is working up at Wuthering Heights. Mr. Lockwood decides to make a trip up to Wuthering Heights, to let Mr. Heathcliff know that he will pay the rest of his rent, and also to visit Mrs. Dean. Upon his arrival at Wuthering Heights Mr. Lockwood notices several strange differences. The house looks cheerier, the gate (which is usually locked) was open, and he's see's through a window that Cathy and Hareton are carrying on a civil conversation. When Mr. Lockwood finds Mrs. Dean she welcomes him inside. When he asks to see Heathcliff about paying his rent, she tells him he will need to talk with Cathy about that. Mr. Lockwood is puzzeled, and Mrs. Dean exclaims that he must not have heard, Mr. Heathcliff is dead. He died nearly three months previous. Mr. Lockwood is astonished and the two of them sit down and Nelly fills him in on everything that has happened within the last few months. Cathy and Hareton are engaged, Cathy owns Thrushcross Grange, and Heathcliff has died (and in a "most peculiar way" as she puts it).