Spains has made you known to everybody here, and all are desirous of
affording you pleasure. If therefore I can in any way do this, you may
dispose of me."

Amadour was in such rapture at sight of the lady's beauty that he could
scarcely utter his thanks. However, although Florida was astonished to
find that he made no further reply, she imputed it rather to some whim
than to the power of love; and so she withdrew, without saying anything
more.

Amadour, who perceived the qualities which even in earliest youth were
beginning to show themselves in Florida, now said to her whom he desired
to marry--

"Do not be surprised if I lost the power of utterance in presence of
the lady Florida. I was so astonished at finding such qualities and such
sensible speech in one so very young that I knew not what to say to her.
But I pray you, Avanturada, you who know her secrets, tell me if she
does not of necessity possess the hearts of all the gentlemen of the
Court. Any who know her and do not love her must be stones or brutes."

Avanturada, who already loved Amadour more than any other man in the
world, could conceal nothing from him, but told him that Florida was
loved by every one. However, by reason of the custom of the country, few
spoke to her, and only two had as yet made any show of love towards
her. These were two princes of Spain, and they desired to marry her, one
being the son of the Infante of Fortune (5) and the other the young Duke
of Cardona. (6)

5 M. Lacroix asserts that the Infante of Fortune left no son