seemed to her as if she had in sooth been crowned by Heaven……Then, having brought their discourse to an end, and each one being in a contented mood, though for a different cause, they went their several ways.
As Fortune willed it……the frair was met by the news that the prince had already taken the road with the intention of being in Naples on the following day. Wherefore Fra Paulo, having gone out to meet him, was mightily glad to let him know the whole history of the craft of the amorous damsel, and of the scheme which she had framed. The prince gave ear to the same with no less amazement than pleasure; for, albeit he had rarely cast his eyes upon this young girl, and retained no recollection of her beauty, nevertheless it seemed to him to be only just and right that he should hold dear those who loved him. So he made answer to the frair, and bade him set the business in progress in such wise that the meeting might be brought to pass at the earliest possible time.
The friar, pleased beyond measure and eager to do service to the prince, betook himself towards the house of the damsel as soon as he had dismounted from his beast. Then, having made the sign which had been agreed between themselves—a sign which she observed and understood the utmost pleasure—the damsel duly repaired on the following morning to the spot which had been chosen; and there, when she met the friar, he said to her:—
"My dear lord, who for your pleasure arrived last night in Naples, commends himself to you. I have set before him at full lenght the purport of the converse betwixt you and me, but I could not
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