"some fastidious persons -- but they were exclusively of her own sex -- affirmed that the bloody hand, as they chose to call it, quite destroyed the effect of georgiana's beauty, and rendered her countenance even hideous."
what can the reader infer about the author's attitude toward these "fastidious persons"?
a) the author is laying some of the blame on georgiana's conduct.
b) the author implies that other women are jealous of georgiana's beauty.
c) the author shares the disgust of the women toward georgiana's birthmark.
d) the author suggests that other women have a superstitious fear of georgiana.