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.

现实是，她父亲承认自己心中充满了诱人怀疑，以于变成了一个分裂主义者——一个被抛弃人；随之而来所有变化都围绕着一个巨大破坏性事实聚集在一起。