THE BETROTHAL
When the viscount was at the gates of the city, the guards would not let him in until he said that the captain had fallen from his horse and he was in a hurry to summon the doctors. He couldn't find them as quickly as he wanted because they were all with the emperor and his daughter. When they had taken care of the emperor they took everything they needed for Tirant, and they did not dare tell the emperor that his captain was injured. But the viscount did everything he could to see the princess, so that he could tell Tirant how she was.
When she had regained consciousness, she opened her eyes and said:
"Is the one who holds my soul captive dead? Tell me quickly, I beg you. Because if he's dead, I want to die with him "
The empress, who was upset by all the anguish she felt for her daughter, could not understand her, and she asked what she had said. The duchess was holding her on her knees, and she answered the empress:
"My lady, the princess is asking if the rat is dead."
The princess, her eyes closed, again said:
"I didn't say that. I asked if the one who is my hope is dead."
The duchess answered in a loud voice:
"He's not dead: they never caught him." And turning to the empress, she said: "She's delirious. This illness has the effect of turning the wisest people into madmen who don't know what they're saying."