Shall I tell you why I did this?
It was to save you and her, and if possible to prevent a great war also.

You could not wed this woman who is not of your race, or rank, or religion; and if you could, it would bring about a struggle that must cost thousands their lives, and this city its wealth.

Nor could you make of her less than a wife, seeing that she is well-born and that you are her father's guest.
Therefore for your own sake it is best that she should be placed beyond your reach.

For her sake also it is best, since she is ambitious and born to rule, who henceforth will be clothed with power for all her days.

Moreover, had it been otherwise, in the end she must have passed to that savage Ithobal, whom she hates.