Marianne couldn't stand any more and flopped down on the floor helplessly. She made a feigned laugh unconsciously. She felt dizzy. She couldn't grab anything as her hands were trembling. Her heartbeat was pounding at an abnormal cycle. She felt even buzzing in her ears.
"Your Majesty, it's not too late. Marie won't be able to beat Mrs. Chester or Ober forever. As things stand now, she will be the first to get hurt in this fight. I can't allow that to happen. Please grant my request to exclude her from the fighting."
Her father's pleading made her stand up finally.
The heart of her sadness was not her resignation to the given situation, but her anger. She no longer wanted to be alienated from any truth. She wouldn't allow not only her father, but also the emperor, Ober, and Mrs. Chester, and even the gods of Aslan to ruin her life any more.