The sea knows how it happened, for he saw us, and bore us, and heard all the tale; and even in Newport he was there, hidden under the fog and listening, and he is rejoicing that those who loved are now lovers.

It is not hard to see how it happened.
They all worship you, every human being that comes near you falls down and acknowledges you to be the queen.

For they must.

There is no salvation from that, and it is meet and right that it should be so.

And I came, like the others, to do homage to the great queen, and you deigned to raise me up and bid me stand beside you.
"You are my first allegiance and my first love.