How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"We don't in general take to foreigners here, Mr. Lockwood, unless they take to us first." (6.7)
Isolated villagers like to remain just that. What's telling about this statement is that "foreigners" seem to be anyone not from Gimmerton. It's not like Frances or Heathcliff are from another country; these people just aren't too fond of difference.
Quote #5
The cowardly children crept nearer also, Isabella lisping—"Frightful thing! Put him in the cellar, papa. He's exactly like the son of the fortune-teller that stole my tame pheasant. Isn't he, Edgar?" (6.36)
Isabella Linton associates Heathcliff's racial background with criminal types. Is this what later attracts her to him? Hmm…
Quote #6
"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.