Howard's End Alternate Ending

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Young, pretty Helen has left her London home to visit the Wilcox family estate, Howards End. (Helen and her sister Margaret met Mr. Wilcox and his wife while traveling in Germany.) Margaret was also invited to
Howards End, but stayed home to care for their 16-year-old brother Tibby who has hay fever. From Howards
End, Helen sends Margaret several letters describing the beautiful estate and the energetic, materialistic
Wilcoxes. Her last letter sends a shock through Margaret when she reads it: Helen has fallen in love with Paul the youngest Wilcox son.

When Mrs. Wilcox dies not long afterward, she leaves a handwritten note behind asking that Howards End be given to Margaret. But her pragmatic husband,Henry, a prominent businessman, and her greedy son Charles, a …show more content…

Helen and the Basts have retired to a hotel in town, and after Jacky goes to sleep, Helen and Leonard stay up discussing Helen's philosophical observations about life. After Margaret's note arrives, a feeling of tragedy descends on their conversation, and they make love--an unwelcome development for both of them:
Leonard is wracked with guilt, and Helen becomes pregnant. She leaves for Germany the following morning, and both she and Leonard recede from Margaret's life. Margaret and Henry are married, and plan to build a new home in Sussex.

After some time passes, however, Margaret begins to worry about her sister, and with Henry's help, she arranges a scheme to surprise her at Howards End, where Helen is going to collect some books. (The
Schlegels' belongings are being stored at Howards End.) Here, Margaret sees Helen's advanced pregnancy, and is filled with love and tenderness for her sister. Helen asks to spend the night with Margaret at Howards End, but
Henry refuses to let a "fallen woman" sleep in his home. When Margaret points out that Henry himself

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