"Anger of God! how fortunate that Martin Vengador is to have won the love of such a splendid girl!"
"And how much more fortunate he is to have gained so much favour in the eyes of our master!"
"Don Rodrigo certainly thinks a great deal of that youth. You saw what a large share of the booty he assigned to him after the campaign in Aragon."
"And his generosity did not stop there with regard to that Martin."
"What? Has he bestowed additional favours on him?"
"He has promised to do so on the occasion of his marriage with Beatrice."
"And what favours are those, Fernan?"
"Don Rodrigo and Doña Ximena are to be groomsman and brideslady at the wedding of Martin and Beatrice; and they are to receive as gifts, for themselves and their descendants, a house and excellent lands on the estate of Vivar."
"Do you know what you should do?"
"What, Alvar?"