Though she refused and reported the incident to her husband, the invitation, and her apparent nonchalance about it, disquieted Pauling and he ended his relationship with Oppenheimer.
Aínda que ela rexeitou a invitación e deullo a coñecer ó seu esposo, o acontecemento intranquilizou a Pauling e fixo que terminase a súa relación con Oppenheimer.