But it was not the ascendant' voice.

It growled underneath, much like the deadly beast at Carinthia's gown while she stood:--an image of her to dominate the princeliest of men.
The princeliest must have won his title to the place before he can yield other than complimentary station to a woman without violation of his dignity; and vast wealth is not the title; worldly honours are not; deeds only are the title.

Fleetwood consented to tell himself that he had not yet performed the deeds.
Therefore, for him to be dominated was to be obscured, eclipsed.

A man may outrun us; it is the fortune of war.

Eclipsed behind the skirts of a woman waving her upraised hands, with, 'Back, pray!'-- no, that ignominy is too horribly abominable! Be sure, the situation will certainly recur in some form; will constantly recur.