The White Knight: Tirant Lo BlancMartorell, Joanot
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The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc
Martorell, Joanot
Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction; Adventure stories; Knights and knighthood -- Fiction
Her delirium subsided, and two doctors went with the viscount and
the duke. When the princess found out, she cried:
"Oh, my lord Tirant! Father of chivalry! Now the lineage of
Rocasalada has fallen, and the house of Brittany has lost so
much. You are dead! Dead! For anyone who has fallen from as
great a height as you cannot hope to live long. Why couldn't I
have suffered the harm, since I was the cause, and you would find
yourself free from these dangers?"
The duchess was very agitated, both because of the princess's
illness and Tirant's injury. She did not want to say anything
more for fear of the maidens who were nearby. The doctors left
quickly without saying anything to the emperor so that he would
not have a relapse, because his constitution was very delicate.
When the doctors reached Tirant they found him lying on a bed in
great pain. They looked at his leg and found it completely
broken, the bones protruding from the flesh. With their
ministrations Tirant fainted three times, and each time they had
to revive him. The doctors treated him as best they could the
first time and said that under no circumstances should he be
moved from his bed, because his life was in danger. Then they
went back to the palace. The emperor asked them where they had
been, since he had not seen them at mealtime. One of them
answered:
"My lord, your captain has been injured, and we went to Bellestar
to minister to him."
The emperor said;
"And how was he hurt?"
"My lord," said the doctor, "they say that early this morning he
left the city to go to where his horses are so that Monday
morning everyone would be ready to leave. He was riding a
Sicilian horse and, galloping along the road, he fell in a trench
and hurt his leg."
"Holy Virgin Mary," said the emperor. "Tirant has no lack of
troubles. I want to go see him immediately."
When the doctors heard the emperor's decision--that he wanted to
leave--they detained him for a day so that he would have time to
recover. The emperor saw that the doctors advised against it, so
he decided to stay. He went to the princess's chambers to ask
about her illness and to explain what had happened to Tirant.
What grief the princess felt in her heart! But she did not dare
show it for fear of her father, and her own pain seemed as
nothing when she thought of Tirant's suffering.
The emperor stayed with his daughter until dinnertime. The
following day, seeing the doctors pass by from a window and
knowing that they were going to see Tirant, he called to them to
wait. Then he mounted and went with them and saw their second
treatment. From what he saw he understood at once that Tirant
would not be able to go to the encampment for a long time. When
they had finished their treatment, the emperor said:
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