 Why wasn't Matilda married?
The first thing the widow Penshaws did was to take Matilda's left hand in her own and examine the next-to-the-last finger. Someone in Nebraska wanted to trade match books; someone in New York needed a midwestern pen pal, but it was a woman; an elderly man interested in ornithology wanted a young chick correspondent interested in the same subject; a young, personable man wanted an editorial position because he thought he had something to offer the editorial world; and— Matilda read the next one twice.
 she found flaws in every man she dated
 she hadn't met a man that wanted to marry her  she wasn't interested in dating people  she found flaws in every man she dated  she only liked to write to men, not meet them