The hard reality was, that her father had so admitted tempting doubts into his mind as to become a schismatic — an outcast; all the changes consequent upon this grouped themselves around that one great blighting fact.

残酷的现实是，她的父亲承认自充满了诱人的怀疑，以于变成了个分裂主——个被抛弃的人；随之而来的所有变化都围绕着个巨大的破坏性事实聚集在起。