he feels that is is his job to look after the saint, so he shelters her from way to much (including the differences in cultural customs), and does not have anyone other then his lackeys help him in doing so. But his lackeys are all men, and engaged, so it creates a huge social scandal for a single woman to be monopolizing engaged men. He does not even let his fiance interact with her properly and that is the person he should be asking for help from first