Tirant said to the duke:
"Sir, if your lordship would like to stay in that meadow where there are very beautiful trees and you would be near the river, I'll have the men who are there move to another place."
The duke answered:
"I don't want to be near you. I prefer to go to a place farther away."
"You can do that," said Tirant, "but I said what I did out of kindness, thinking that you deserved it."
The duke would not listen to him, and turned his horse about without a word. He set up his tents a mile upriver.
After he dismounted Tirant sent three of his knights to the duke, and when they were there they said to him:
"Sir, our captain has sent us to your lordship to ask if you would like to eat with him. He knows that your lordship will have better food here, but you can have his more quickly, because all you have to do is wash your hands and sit down to eat."
"Oh, what a bother for nothing!" said the duke. "Tell him that I don't want to."
And he turned his back to them very haughtily. When the emissaries had mounted their horses to go, the duke told them: