In response to 'This having come to his stepmother's ears, she taxed him with it on the afternoon before her death, and a quarrel ensued, part of which was overheard. ', does 'A fight broke out between the stepmother and the man before her death.' serve as a counterstatement?
This having come to his stepmother's ears, she taxed him with it on the afternoon before her death, and a quarrel ensued, part of which was overheard. ###A fight broke out between the stepmother and the man before her death.