She thinks, "He never harmed but in that- (1297), a direct reference to being stood up at the altar and that was the greatest harm George could have done. She had tried so long to forget him, now on her deathbed, she wants to see him, find him, let him now how she feels about it all. He had always been there, serving as a constant reminder of the past, of things envisioned and dreamed of wasted in a single instant, relegating her to think only what if. .
The second irony of the story is the cause of Granny's greatest jilting, the realization that she had been stood up twice. This feeling is caused by her perception that in death Christ had not come to meet her to take her to heaven. She asks God to give her a sign, a sign that death was now and that He would be there. Now, "For the second time there was no sign- (1300). The irony behind that is that she wanted God to have given her a sign when George had stood her up. That thought gives the reader a sense that she feels if only she had known prior she could have done something, anything to change the outcome or at least lessen the pain. She wanted God to give her a sign that Jesus would be there in this moment of death with her. Granny is symbolized as that light that is surrounded by the darkness. This is descriptive of the death scene within her mind. The darkness represents death and the sadness of being left at the altar, both of which just consume and swallow the light (Granny) up. Reading the story's conclusion, the reader can understand what Granny means when she thinks, "Again no bridegroom and the priest in the house- (1300). In this situation, Christ is the bridegroom and He has not shown to be with her in death, this is the greatest jilting in Granny's mind. She indicates that when she says, "there's nothing more cruel than this- I'll never forgive it- (1300). The reader knows Granny is referencing to Christ by the indication in the side notes to the story, the author makes that aware to us.
