Yeah! Nelly is fantastically interesting. She's very manipulative and has a vested interest in the narrative she's telling, and a lot of people don't even remember she's the one who tells the bulk of the story to Lockwood. (Or, honestly, that Lockwood even exists. XD)

I always thought that story about Lockwood's failed little ~romance was meant to be silly and funny, another example of his buffoonery--like how he mistakes a pile of dead rabbits for cats or piteously falls neck-deep in snow. IIRC, he had merely ~decided they were in love after sharing a bunch of glances and hadn't even talked to her, essentially fabricating a Great Romance in his mind that didn't actually exist. (I tried to look up that scene again in my copy but of course I couldn't find it! /o/)

Oh man, there is definitely cause to think Heathcliff is Cathy's half-brother! Definitely, definitely.