Mrs Dalloway rejected Doris Kilman because in her opinion,

” ……. but love and religion would destroy that, whatever it was, the privacy of the soul.”

(Woolf, p. 116)

Clarissa Dalloway loved to keep her boundaries and privacy. Miss Kilman loves to convert people and that, according to Mrs Dalloway, meant not allowing people to be themselves. Which was against her personal principles.

Mrs Dalloway took pride on her privacy. She knew that Peter Walsh’s love would consume her and that was why she rejected his love.

Related post:

The main book review is at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/why-does-peter-walsh-have-an-axe-to-grind-with-clarissa-dalloway/