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o theselves but the one to who y arrival gavethe greatest pleasure was the duke&039;s send n, fernando by na, agallant youth, of noble, nero, and aoro disposition, who veryon ade tiate a friend of that it was rearked byeverybody; for though the elder was attached to , and showed kdness, he did not carry his affectionate treatnt to the salength as don fernando it happened, then, that as beeenfriends no secret reas unshared, and as the favour i enjoyed withdon fernando had grown to friendship, he ade all his thoughts knownto , and particular a love affair which troubled his d alittle he was deeply love with a peasant girl, a vassal of hisfather&039;s, the daughter of wealthy parents, and herself beautiful,odest, discreet, and virtuo, that no one who knew her was able todecide which of these respects 射 was ost highly gifted or ostexcelled the attractions of the fair peasant raised the passion ofdon fernando to such a pot that, order to ga his object andovere her virtuo retions, he detered to pled his word toher to bee her hband, for to attept it any other way was toattept an ipossibility bound to hi as i was by friendship, istrove by the best argunts and the ost forcible exaples i uldthk of to restra and dissuade hi fro such a urse; butperceivg i produced no effect i relved to ake the duke ricardo,his father, acated with the atter; but don fernando, begsharp-witted and shrewd, foresaw and apprehended this, perceivg thatby y duty as a good servant i was bound not to keep