She knew, too well, that you would not have accepted her sacrifice, if you had known.

That is why she kept the secret until you had finished your education.

She forbade her friends--she forbade me to interfere.

And don't you see that she was right?
Don't you see it?
We would have done her the greatest injustice if we had, against her will, deprived her of this privilege.

Her splendid pride, her high sense of honor, her nobility of spirit demanded the sacrifice.