Someone held an unfound grudge against Mariam and refused her offer of an olive branch. This kept the controversy alive despite Mariam's innocence regarding the matter.
The Rabbi told her, "They have to make the supposition a fact."
Sometimes others may hold on to emotions of rejection and disdain despite evidence that their grudge has no material basis. Having spread news of their grievance far and wide, it is as if they decline to accept objective reality and metaphorically rewrite the actual history in order to substantiate their rejection of the other.
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