All men really want clear laws: we can give clear laws. You could rescue your finances easily enough by marrying a man of substance, but you seem reluctant to follow that course and so i see nothing but ruin in your future.
He is held to be above the struggle and his power-which, although nil in theory, is considerable in practice -only holds as long as he is seen to be so. They knew better than to eat these thirst-increasers.