Perhaps that was the fatal difference.

And her mother--the sin there had been that she really loved while the man hadn't.
Yes, it must be so.

Ruth's explanation of these mysteries had been different; but then Ruth had also admitted that she knew little about the matter--and Susan most doubted the part that Ruth had assured her was certainly true.
"I didn't know," said Susan to her uncle.

"Nobody ever told me.
I thought we were engaged." "A good woman don't need to be told," retorted Warham.

"But I'm not going to argue with you.