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Why didn't Margaret tell Helen about Jackie's backstory?



Why didn't Margaret write to Helen about Jackie's backstory to help her understand how Leonard and Jackie could take advantage of an employment situation with Henry Wilcox for blackmailing purposes? Maybe that would have been the catalyst for Helen to realize how irrational she was being in her pursuit of the role of the Basts advocate. That would have helped Helen understand the bigger picture.

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I think Helen knew already. But she was extremely jealous of Margaret's sudden marriage into a family she once wanted to marry into. She wanted to destroy Margaret's connection to Henry. But she didn't realize how much Margaret wanted to marry. All her howling achieved the opposite of what she wanted.

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