Helen dislikes Henry and his business activities and strongly disapproves of the wedding. Henry and Margaret plan their wedding to the dismay of the Wilcox children, especially the eldest son, Charles. Wilcox becomes interested in Margaret and she him. Helen becomes more interested in helping Leonard Bast. Henry Wilcox assumes his wife was not of sound mind and the children believe that the Schlegels maneuvered to obtain an inheritance. Wilcox, knowing the Schlegels must soon leave their home, has written a note bequeathing Howards End to Margaret. After the funeral, the family discovers that Mrs. While the rest of the Wilcox family are away, Margaret and Mrs. The Schlegels meet and become interested in Leonard Bast, a lower class clerk. The wealthy Wilcoxes decide that the Schlegels-Helen, her older sister Margaret, and brother Tibby-are of the unreliable, idealistic sort. There, an unfortunate engagement between Helen and Paul Wilcox is quickly ended. After meeting the Wilcoxes on the Continent, Helen Schlegel visits them at Howards End.
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