Since Marian's dark head had turned ashen, Eileen had simply eliminated her at one sweep.

That white hair would brand Marian anywhere as an old woman.

Very likely no man ever would want to marry her.

Eileen was sure she would not want to if she were a man.

No wonder John Gilman had ceased to be attracted by a girl's face with a grandmother setting.
As for Linda, Eileen never had considered her at all except as a convenience to serve her own purposes.