Edgar Linton
Quote 1
"But who is this? Where did she pick up this companion? Oho! I declare he is that strange acquisition my late neighbour made, in his journey to Liverpool—a little Lascar, or an American or Spanish castaway." (6.40)
Heathcliff's foreign appearance is interpreted in many different ways. Like Nelly, Mr. Linton imagines a variety of exotic backgrounds for Heathcliff.