In the excerpt the speaker describes Granny Weatherall being left at the alter as the cruelest thing a person can do. This shows that the main character has refused to let go of her past because she compares all other cruelties to her jilting and still feels that nothing is worse. Blew out the light and no sign could indicate that she has moved on
The witch has done it”, they answer. When the witch strikes death. The grey-haired at home suffers, Our people know and believe clearly. That every grey hair is a witch.