It's not for his sake....

But when I think deeply--when I can feel and see--I mean I'm going for my country....

For you and your sisters." Like a soldier then Lenore received her mortal blow facing him who dealt it, and it was a sudden overwhelming realization of love.

No confusion, no embarrassment, no shame attended the agony of that revelation.
Outwardly she did not seem to change at all.

She felt her father's eyes upon her; but she had no wish to hide the tumult of her heart.