2 uses
- There are moments when the inner life actually "pays," when years of self-scrutiny, conducted for no ulterior motive, are suddenly of practical use.Chapter 23 (24% in)
- She remembered the motive of her call at Wickham Place, and smelt again odours from the abyss—odours the more disturbing because they were involuntary.Chapter 26 (88% in)
There are no more uses of "motive" in Howards End.
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