about three o'clock
She then dressed rather hurriedly and went all over the house , touching little ornaments with the tip of her finger , saying that the pictures in the drawing-room were crooked , and that nothing had been properly dusted . Having sent for the housemaid and scolded her , and given the second footman notice , she felt better , but was still sufficiently in what is expressively called a bad temper to feel an inclination to do disagreeable duties , so she made up her mind to call and see her husband 's ward , and tell her something she would not like to hear . For Hyacinth she always felt a curious mixture of chronic anger , family pride , and admiring disapproval , which combination she had never yet discovered to be a common form of vague jealousy . Lady Cannon arrived about three o'clock , pompously dressed in tight purple velvet and furs . She thought she saw two heads appear at the studio window and then vanish , but was told that Miss Verney was out . Prompted by a determination not to be baffled , she said she would get out and write a note , and was shown to the drawing-room . Anne , in a peculiarly hideous and unnecessary apron of black alpaca , came in , bringing a little writing-case .