outsiders

Diana alone of outsiders knew the fatal secret, but she promised solemnly never to tell, and it may be stated here and now that she kept her word.

Every family has its own inner knowledge and its own motives, which cannot always be made clear to outsiders, however well-intentioned.

This particular phrasing sounds highly unusual to outsiders, yet it perfectly captures the underlying syntax of the ancestral tongue.

It is hard to imagine a better illustration of the quality that defined her career: a patience so deep that it could look, to outsiders, almost like stubbornness, and that was in fact a quiet form of confidence.