But we wouldn't know about Dowd's failure to muster a response, or about Lewinsky's poise and forthrightness, unless Dowd herself had chosen to tell us.
Lewinsky was not upfront in her responses to the situation.
mnli hypothesis: Lewinsky was not upfront in her responses to the situation. premise: But we wouldn't know about Dowd's failure to muster a response, or about Lewinsky's poise and forthrightness, unless Dowd herself had chosen to tell us.