"After she leaves, she's bound to exaggerate the fact that we kicked her out. Outsiders don't know the situation; their thoughts will only be like those of the servants downstairs, thinking that the Smith Family is too cold-blooded, too inconsiderate."
"That's not the worst of it. No matter how bad the reputation of the Smith Family gets, those who want to curry favor will still do so. They will blame Olivia Smith's expulsion on Helen, thinking that it was all Helen's idea, which makes us disregard thirty years of friendship, do you understand?"
Charles Smith hadn't considered this aspect before, but now he suddenly realized the key point after his wife's reminder.
Indeed, outsiders wouldn't speak ill of the Smith Family; they would only blame the daughter they had just acknowledged.
