The Beauchamps are Wroonian, and upper class. Nazarius Quist was just a lowly sales executive. Not aristocracy. And his race counted against him as well. The Beauchamps see humans as the rats, the cockroaches of the galaxy, not the noble survivors and colonists they really are. Never mind that Wroonians aren't that much different from humans. Eleanore's brothers felt the same as their parents, but her sisters...felt differently. They, too, were captivated by Nazarius' good looks, his outgoing personality, his thoughtful flattery. They encouraged Eleanore to pursue the romance, despite their parents' orders.