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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Forster, E. M.

Forster, E. M.
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Howards End: Chapters 23 - 30

Chapter Twenty-Three

Before Margaret and Henry leave Swanage for their visit to Howards End,
Margaret has a talk with her sister Helen. Though Helen insists that she will
always dislike Henry Wilcox, she promises at least to be civil to him, and
Margaret, in turn, promises to "do what she can" with Helen's friends. The
two are able to be completely honest with each other, for, as Forster remarks,
"there are moments when the inner life actually 'pays,' when years of
self-scrutiny, conducted for no ulterior motive, are suddenly ...

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