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But he already felt that Howards End was the objective, and, though he disliked the house, was determined to defend it.

Though presenting a firm front to outsiders, no Wilcox could live near, or near the possessions of, any other Wilcox. They had the colonial spirit, and were always making for some spot where the white man might carry his burden unobserved.

“Nature is turning out Wilcoxes in this peaceful abode, so that they may inherit the earth.”

Evie had grown up handsome. Dark-eyed, with the glow of youth under sunburn, built firmly and firm-lipped, she was the best the Wilcoxes could do in the way of feminine beauty.