How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
A half-civilized ferocity lurked yet in the depressed brows and eyes full of black fire, but it was subdued; and his manner was even dignified: quite divested of roughness, though stern for grace. (10.53)
Though still swarthy, Heathcliff is a changed man. Gone for three years, he returns with some grooming and social graces. Clearly he has been working hard on improving himself—but that hasn't changed his overall attitude.
Quote #8
Her brother, who loved her tenderly, was appalled at this fantastic preference. Leaving aside the degradation of an alliance with a nameless man, and the possible fact that his property, in default of heirs male, might pass into such a one's power. . . . (10.82)
Heathcliff's aim to captivate Isabella torments Edgar. Because Edgar does not have a son, Isabella's marriage to Heathcliff means that Thrushcross Grange will eventually belong to the orphan outsider.
Quote #9
"Tell her what Heathcliff is: an unreclaimed creature, without refinement, without cultivation; an arid wilderness of furze and whinstone." (10.98)
Catherine's warnings about Heathcliff only stoke the fire of Isabella's desire. And, to be honest, all of the qualities she cites to get Isabella to change her mind are the very things that Catherine loves in Heathcliff.