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I came to the conclusion that Mrs. Inglethorp 's determination to destroy her will arose as a direct consequence of the quarrel she had that afternoon , and that therefore the quarrel took place after , and not before the making of the will . `` Here , as we know , I was wrong , and I was forced to abandon that idea . I faced the problem from a new standpoint . Now , at four o'clock , Dorcas overheard her mistress saying angrily : ` You need not think that any fear of publicity , or scandal between husband and wife will deter me . '' I conjectured , and conjectured rightly , that these words were addressed , not to her husband , but to Mr. John Cavendish . At five o'clock , an hour later , she uses almost the same words , but the standpoint is different . She admits to Dorcas , ` I do n't know what to do ; scandal between husband and wife is a dreadful thing . '