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- When Margaret confronts her sister at Howards End, she realizes that Helen has been hiding the fact that she’s pregnant with Leonard’s baby. Helen plans to return to Germany and raise the baby there. She spends one last night in Howards End with Margaret, much to Henry’s displeasure.
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Vacationing with Aunt Juley in Swanage, Margaret receives a letter from Mr. Wilcox, saying that he is moving to a different house and would be willing to rent the Schlegels his old one. He asks Margaret to come and inspect it.
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Margaret and Henry visit Howards End, hoping to surprise Helen, and discover her secret pregnancy. Margaret stands by her sister and urges Henry to forgive her as she has forgiven him, but he remains unconvinced.
- E. M. Forster
- 1910
Margaret's written attempt to break off relations with the Wilcoxes leads instead toward a fateful deepening of her friendship with them. The final letters create the moment of greatest alienation between these sisters who place such faith in. the language of "personal relations" (p. 25).
Ruth suddenly passes away and leaves a handwritten note willing Howards End to Margaret. Ruth’s husband, Henry, and their children disregard her note and say nothing to Margaret about her inheritance. Two years later, the Schlegels are forced to look for a new house in London.
Margaret takes her to the train station and sees her on her way; however, when she returns home, there is a telegram from Helen informing her that the love affair is over, and asking her not to tell anyone what has happened.
Helen writes to Margaret that she has fallen in love with the younger Wilcox son, Paul, and their aunt, Juley, convinces Margaret to allow her to go to Howards End to investigate. Aunt Juley leaves before another letter arrives from Helen saying that the romance with Paul has ended.
Margaret is satisfied that her pragmatic, unsentimental fiancé “would save the Basts as he had saved Howards End, while Helen and her friends were discussing the ethics of salvation.” She is also satisfied with herself for this wifely triumph and realizes “why some women prefer influence to rights.”
