 Shortly after the two are married in their nearly loveless match, the insipid Linton dies, hardly a surprise to either his father or his widow.Heathcliff treats Catherine with relative mercy, turning her into a cold, distant creature, far removed from the bright, lively girl she used to be.Hareton and Catherine eventually fall in love, however, and their relationship in some ways mirrors and in others opposes that between Heathcliff and the elder Catherine.