"When Mr.Lyon darkened our doors,"-- Fanny was passing from the room, and Aunt Grace spoke in a guarded voice--"I said he would leave a shadow behind him, and so he has.

Was my judgment hasty, so far as he was concerned?
I think you will hardly say so.
But, my word for it, the presence of Mr.Willet will ever bring a gleam of sunshine.

I am glad he has come into our neighbourhood.

If his mother and sisters are like him, they are a company of choice spirits.".