Chapter 11 Summary

One day Nelly had a bad feeling about Hindley, as if something was going to happen to him. She goes to Wuthering Heights to see her former master. There, she runs into Hareton, her former charge. The little boy swears and throws things at her. Upon her inquiry the boy tells Nelly that Heathcliff has taught him those words. He tells Nelly that he likes Heathcliff because he curses at his father and his father had sent away his tutor, whom he did not like.

Heathcliff has begun his revenge on Hindley by turning his son against him and teaching him bad behavior. He has also forced the tutor away, leaving Hareton uneducated. This is the same thing that Hindley had done to Heathcliff as a boy.

The next time Heathcliff comes to visit Thrushgrove Cross, Nelly notices that he calls on Isabella...