To Lyddy, and to her alone, she could have poured out all her heart.

The longing for her sister was now ceaseless.

She grieved that she had left London without seeing her.
In the night she sometimes cried for hours because Lyddy was so far from her.
Mrs.Ormonde came to see her every other day.

Though nothing had been said on the point, Thyrza understood that, for some reason, she was not expected to go to The Chestnuts.

And, indeed, it was too far for her to walk in her present weak state.
But one evening she was drawn in that direction.