Thispreliminaryhavingbeensettled, anotherstillmorenecessarystephadtobetaken, whichwastoletZoraidaknowhowmattersstoodthatshemightbepreparedandforewarned, soasnottobetakenbysurpriseifweweresuddenlytoseizeuponherbeforeshethoughttheChristians' , therefore, togotothegardenandtryifIcouldspeaktoher; , whoaddressedmeinthelanguagethatalloverBarbaryandeveninConstantinopleisthemediumbetweencaptivesandMoors, andisneitherMorisconorCastilian, norofanyothernation, butamixtureofalllanguages, , Isay, heaskedmewhatIwantedinhisgarden, (forIknewasacertaintythathewasaverygreatfriendofhis), , , thefairZoraida, whohadalreadyperceivedmesometimebefore, cameoutofthehouseinthegarden, andasMoorishwomenarebynomeansparticularaboutlettingthemselvesbeseenbyChristians, or, asIhavesaidbefore, atallcoy, shehadnohesitationincomingtowhereherfatherstoodwithme; moreoverherfather, seeingherapproachingslowly, , thehigh-bredair, , herears, , whichasiscustomarywerebare, shehadcarcajes (forsobraceletsorankletsarecalledinMorisco) ofthepurestgold, setwithsomanydiamondsthatshetoldmeafterwardsherfathervaluedthemattenthousanddoubloons, , forthehighestdisplayandadornmentoftheMoorishwomenisdeckingthemselveswithrichpearlsandseed-pearls; 'sfatherhadtothereputationofpossessingagreatnumber, andthepurestinallAlgiers, andofpossessingalsomorethantwohundredthousandSpanishcrowns; andshe, whoisnowmistressofmeonly, , andwhatshemusthavebeeninherprosperity, maybeimaginedfromthebeautyremainingtoheraftersomanyhardships; for, aseveryoneknows, thebeautyofsomewomenhasitstimesanditsseasons, andisincreasedordiminishedbychancecauses; andnaturallytheemotionsofthemindwillheightenorimpairit, , andsupremelybeautiful; atanyrate, sheseemedtomethemostbeautifulobjectIhadeverseen; andwhen, besides, IthoughtofallIowedtoherIfeltasthoughIhadbeforemesomeheavenlybeingcometoearthtobringmereliefandhappiness.
