Working Notes

MS p. A2 contains the following working notes, in three widely spaced groups:

ch 10. Mrs Wilcox, hearing that her husband is returning goes with Margaret to the doctor & insists on her returning to the flat. There she breaks down

She dies & leaves Howards End to M. <Who ref> Opinions of the Wilcox family. M. refuses the legacy, and the intimacy between her & Mr W. begins.

Jacky not rude to Helen at the call.

Scene between Dolly & Charles.

Find out: a profession for Mr W. symptoms of cancer‑form of legacy.

MS p. AI contains, in addition to the fragments noted at 52:22 and 188:22, the.following working notes:

Mrs Wilcox; her illness & death,

Rapprochement of M. & Mr W.

Return of L. to Wickham Place

M. & Mr W. <engaged> \married/. Ructions in the W family‑Helen's disapproval. Break up of W. Pl.

The ? of L's separation.

Mr Wilcox induced to help‑\Kind. Sees for Leonard./ meets Jackie & is confronted with idea [?)

M's life at Howard's End.‑her child; Mr W. offended that it does not nail her down.

L. & Helen.

"She must be rescued."

Then I think that Charles <goes> is sent by his father to horse whip Leonard, and is killed by him, and L flings himself out of the window.

Or it may be that Helen & Leonard die.

Or perhaps Leonard lives.

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