She, too, had felt that quick repulsion towards Mr.Lyon, at their first meeting, to which we have referred; and with her, no after acquaintance ever wholly removed the effect of a first experience like this.
Midnight, as we have said, found her wakeful and thoughtful.

The real cause of her husband's absence was unknown to her; but, connecting itself, as it did, with Mr.Lyon,--he had written her that certain business, which he had engaged to transact for Mr.
Lyon, required his presence in New York,--and following so soon upon his singularly restless and dissatisfied state of mind, the fact disquieted her.

The shadow of an approaching change was dimming the cheerful light of her spirit.
Scarcely a moment since the reception of her husband's letter, enclosing one for Fanny, was the fact that Mr.Lyon had made advances toward her daughter--yet far too young to have her mind bewildered by love's mazy dream--absent from her mind.

It haunted even her sleeping hours.

And the more she thought of it, the more deeply it disturbed her.