When he had read it he made a memorandum as to the commissions, and then threw himself back in his arm-chair to think over the tidings communicated to him.

All the facts stated he had known before; that Lady De Courcy was in London, and that her son-in-law, Mr.Crosbie, whose wife,--Lady Alexandrina,--had died some twelve months since at Baden Baden, was at variance with her respecting money which he supposed to be due to him.

But there was that in Lady Julia's letter which was wormwood to him.

Lily Dale was again thinking of this man, whom she had loved in old days, and who had treated her with monstrous perfidy! It was all very well for Lady Julia to be sure that Lily Dale would never desire to see Mr.Crosbie again; but John Eames was by no means equally certain that it would be so.
"The tidings of her death disturbed her!" said Johnny, repeating to himself certain words out of the old lady's letter.

"I know they disturbed me.