The emperor answered:
"By the bones of my father, the emperor Albert, you are the most extraordinary maiden in the world, but the further you go, the more I like you. And now, as a present, I'm going to give you fifty thousand ducats."
She knelt to the ground and kissed his hand. The princess was very disturbed by what she had said, and Tirant was somewhat embarrassed. When the emperor had finished dressing he went to mass. As they came out from mass Tirant had an opportunity to talk to the princess, and he said to her:
"Anyone who makes a promise puts himself in debt."
"The promise," said the princess, "was not made in the presence of a notary."
Plaerdemavida, who was standing nearby, heard the princess's reply, and quickly said to her:
"Let's have none of that: a promise to fulfill love doesn't require any witnesses, and even less a notary. What a miserable state we'd be in if we had to have it in writing every time! There wouldn't be enough paper in the world! Do you know how it's done? In the dark and without witnesses, because the lodging is never missed."
"Oh, this madwoman!" said the princess. "Do you always have to talk to me about the same thing?"
No matter how much Tirant spoke to her, no matter how he pleaded, she would do nothing for him.
When they were in the chambers, the emperor called Carmesina and said to her: