3 P.M.
He was determined to push the matter to a satisfactory conclusion , and Helen faded as he talked . Her fair , flying hair and eager eyes counted for nothing , for she was ill , without rights , and any of her friends might hunt her . Sick at heart , Margaret joined in the chase . She wrote her sister a lying letter , at her husband 's dictation ; she said the furniture was all at Howards End , but could be seen on Monday next at 3 P.M. , when a charwoman would be in attendance . It was a cold letter , and the more plausible for that . Helen would think she was offended . And on Monday next she and Henry were to lunch with Dolly , and then ambush themselves in the garden .