Nelly (Ellen Dean), according to the story of "Thunderstorm Pass," is a former servant in Grozny, Pereval, after a housekeeper in the Skvortsov Municipality. An intruder of the secrets of the Earnshoe and Linton family, a participant in many events. At different times, he had a relatively friendly relationship with two girls, Catherine and Heathcliffe. She is the housekeeper and “stepsister” of the Earnshaw children. Nelly is raised with the children and serves them for over twenty years. She knows the history of the family intimately. Nelly had discovered Catherine absence earlier but told no one, wanting not to spare the family with more confusion and pain.
Ellen "Nelly" Dean in the Essays