But his words had penetrated deeply, and awakened mental perceptions that it was now impossible to obscure by any fond reasonings in favour of Mr.Lyon.
How well did Fanny now remember the instant repulsion felt towards this man, on their first meeting.

She had experienced an instant constriction about the heart, as if threatened with suffocation.

The shadow, too, about which Aunt Grace had spoken, had also been perceived by her.

But in a little while, under the sunshine of a most fascinating exterior, all these first impressions were lost, and, but for the words of Mr.Allison, would have been regarded as false impressions.

Too clearly had the wise old man presented the truth--too clearly had he elevated her thoughts into a region where the mind sees with a steadier vision--to leave her in danger of entering the wrong way, without a distinct perception that it was wrong.
In a single hour, Fanny's mind had gained a degree of maturity, which, under the ordinary progression of her life, would not have come for years.