 On her death bed, Dison revealed that her health was deteriorating because she harboured so much ill will toward her two sisters, who had married young and well.In her search to have a suitor undeniably better than those of her sisters, she often waited too long before accepting an offer, and thus lost her chance.She never revealed her misery or its cause to her sisters, but felt compelled to ward Peggy of the consequences of envy.