Fourteen months have passed. Tom has been in prison for a year already and Helen's baby is almost walking. Meg had taken Helen into Howards End at the same time that she brought Henry at his emotional collapse. They have settled into a family unit that no one could have predicted just a short year ago. Now, as Meg and Helen are talking at the edge of the meadow, Meg is summoned into the house by Paul who has come back to England to take over his father's business.
All the Wilcoxes are represented inside; Evie, Dolly, and Paul, all gather around their father who is reclining in a low leather chair. It has been determined that after his death, Howards End will go to Meg; and to her nephew after that. Henry is.....
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