You will see that he hath
refection, and such a purse of gold as may defray his charges,
for indeed it is great honor to any court to have within it so
noble and gentle a cavalier. How say you, sire?" he asked,
turning to the Spanish refugee, while the herald of Navarre was
conducted from the chamber by the old warrior.
"It is not our custom in Spain to reward pertness in a
messenger," Don Pedro answered, patting the head of his
greyhound. "Yet we have all heard the lengths to which your
royal generosity runs."
"In sooth, yes," cried the King of Majorca.
"Who should know it better than we?" said Don Pedro bitterly,
"since we have had to fly to you in our trouble as to the natural
protector of all who are weak."
"Nay, nay, as brothers to a brother," cried the prince, with
sparkling eyes. "We doubt not, with the help of God, to see you
very soon restored to those thrones from which you have been so
traitorously thrust."
"When that happy day comes," said Pedro, "then Spain shall be to
you as Aquitaine, and, be your project what it may, you may ever
count on every troop and every ship over which flies the banner
of Castile.
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