Teresa could not forget that Fanny was now the bride of a millionaire, and Fanny felt ashamed to be as familiar with her aunt and guardian as she used to be.

"What will they think of me ?" she thought.

"They will put it all down to vaingloriousness and affectation." Thus it came about that a sort of cold reserve was observable among the members of the family.
Everybody seemed to be upon his guard; and they might have been deaf and dumb for all that they said to each other at meals.
The person who observed this atmosphere of reserve and suspicion with the liveliest attention was undoubtedly Mrs.Meyer.

"The girl is not happy," she thought.

"They are too severe with her.