She had allowed herself to be nagged into doing many things that she despised, because she would not assert herself against apparent injustice.

But since she had come fully to realize the results of Eileen's course of action for Marian and for herself, she was deliberately arriving at the conclusion that hereafter she would speak when she had a defense, and she would make it her business to let the sun shine on any dark spot that she discovered in Eileen.
Linda knew that if John Gilman were well acquainted with Eileen, he could not come any nearer to loving her than she did.

Such an idea as loving Eileen never had entered Linda's thoughts.

To Linda, Eileen was not lovable.

That she should be expected to love her because they had the same parents and lived in the same home seemed absurd.