midday
Happily she was going to lunch with her friend Mrs. Borisoff , anything but a sentimental person . She began to discern a possibility of taking Helen Borisoff into her confidence . With someone she _ must _ talk freely ; Olga would only harm her ; in Helen she might find the tonic of sound sense which her mood demanded . Olga Hannaford , meanwhile , finished her toilet , and , having had no breakfast , went out a little after midday to the restaurant in Oxford Street where she often lunched . Her walking-dress showed something of the influence of Miss Bonnicastle ; it was more picturesque , more likely to draw the eye , than her costume of former days . She walked , too , with an air of liberty which marked her spiritual progress . Women glanced at her and looked away with a toss of the head -- or its more polite equivalent .