Cissy and Valancy had known each other as children .
Cissy became ostracized from society for having a child out of wedlock , and because of Cissy 's father , Roaring Abel , and his reckless , sometimes drunken behavior .
Cissy and Valancy had known each other as children , but Cissy became ostracized from society for having a child out of wedlock , and because of her father , Roaring Abel , and his reckless , sometimes drunken behavior .