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He discovered her mother
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aboard a captured Spanish slave ship.
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So... now we have 2 nieces in our guardianship.
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Well, Elizabeth was in much need of a companion.
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And that is what we shall say when questions are asked.
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We shall say that, in accordance with her birthright,
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she is entitled to live beneath this roof.
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That is the nature of order.
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And where in that order should her color be placed?
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Above or below her Murray bloodline?
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- Marriage? - Impossible.
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Any match her 'other origins' would attract would...