It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him; and that, not because he's handsome, Nelly, but because he's more myself than I am (86). ... Heathcliff hears this speech, and he leaves Wuthering Heights, not to return for three years.2) Nelly, I see now, you think me a selfish wretch; but did it never strike you that if Heathcliff and I married we should be beggars? whereas, if I marry Linton, I can aid Heathcliff to rise, and place him out of my brother's power? ... Isabella thinks Catherine is only jealous, and does not heed her advice.5) Y...

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This shows how Catherine does not want to stay in the confines of the house. ... She tells Heathcliff, "I wish I could hold you till we were both dead! ... I do! ... Catherine explains, "It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now, " and asks Nelly, "did it never strike you that if Heathcliff and I married, we should be beggars? " (75 and 76) This shows that Catherine is marrying for wealth because she wants to have a lavish life. ...

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