Elizabeth laughed. "What reason do I have to try and maintain a reputation? I have nothing left but my own name. I don't want anything else except what I had, and now that's gone." She looked away for a second, covering her face for a brief moment. She could feel that damned water stinging at her eyes. "...My house can dissolve for all I care...But it will do so by my own decision. I will have no heir. I would have to like men to do so, anyway."