Original sentence: In 1854, Effie wrote to her father: "He alleged various reasons, hatred to children, religious motives, a desire to preserve my beauty, and, finally this last year he told me his true reason [...] that he had imagined women were quite different to what he saw I was, and that the reason he did not make me his Wife (sic) was because he was disgusted with my person the first evening 10 April.Ruskin confirmed this in his statement to his lawyer during annulment proceedings: "It may be thought strange that I could abstain from a woman who to most people was so attractive
Edited sentence: " These words are spoken by Effie to Millais in episode three when she reveals that she is still a virgin.In 1854, Effie wrote to her father: "He alleged various reasons, hatred to children, religious motives, a desire to preserve my beauty, and, finally this last year he told me his true reason [...] that he had imagined women were quite different to what he saw I was, and that the reason he did not make me his Wife (sic) was because he was disgusted with my person the first evening.Ruskin's response was revealed in a statement to his lawyer during annulment proceedings: "It may be thought strange that I could abstain from a woman who to most people was so attractive