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.

残酷现实是，她父亲承认自己心中充满诱疑，以于变个分裂主义者——个被抛弃；随之而来所有变化都围绕着个巨大破坏性事实聚集在起。