I think that the answer you are looking for is early in Chapter 8. In Chapter 7, the Lytes go out to Milton. But in Chapter 8 they come hurrying back to Boston. They have to hurry because a mob of Patriots has attacked them and is chasing them. The Sons of Liberty knew that Merchant Lyte was a prominent Tory and they had been hoping that he would come out to Milton so they could attack him.
Merchant Lyte is "desperately sick." When he saw the mob, at some point, he "turned purple and fell." He is so sick that Dr. Warren is called to tend to him.
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