How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
To them she had done worse than murder her father. She had tried to betray him into disloyalty to the South. (40.9)
In the aftermath of the war, loyalty to the South is seen as distinct from, and incompatible with, swearing loyalty to the federal government. The Union may have won the war, but the novel suggests the South didn't accept the victory for a long time.