Does '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. ' challenge or dispute the premise 'He felt guilty for the rest of his life for the last words he spoke to her before her death.'
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. ###He felt guilty for the rest of his life for the last words he spoke to her before her death.