noon
The dying woman knew them , and she alone . A new jealousy entered into Cynthia -- a despairing sense of the irrevocable . Helena was forgotten . At noon Julian Horne arrived , bringing a book that Cynthia had lent him . He stayed to gossip about the break-up of the party . `` Everybody has cleared out except myself and Geoffrey . Miss Helena and her chaperon went this morning before lunch .