midnight
It occurred one evening about six weeks after their union , and arose entirely out of the unconscious misapplication of Venn of the fifty guineas intended for Yeobright . A day or two after the receipt of the money Thomasin had sent a note to her aunt to thank her . She had been surprised at the largeness of the amount ; but as no sum had ever been mentioned she set that down to her late uncle 's generosity . She had been strictly charged by her aunt to say nothing to her husband of this gift ; and Wildeve , as was natural enough , had not brought himself to mention to his wife a single particular of the midnight scene in the heath . Christian 's terror , in like manner , had tied his tongue on the share he took in that proceeding ; and hoping that by some means or other the money had gone to its proper destination , he simply asserted as much , without giving details . Therefore , when a week or two had passed away , Mrs. Yeobright began to wonder why she never heard from her son of the receipt of the present ; and to add gloom to her perplexity came the possibility that resentment might be the cause of his silence . She could hardly believe as much , but why did he not write ?