CHAPTER III. 

"Nice customs curt'sy to great kings. Dear Kate, you and I cannot be confined within the weak list of a country's fashion. We are the makers of manners; and the liberty that follows our places, stops the mouths of all fault-finders."--Henry V. 

Notwithstanding her high resolution, habitual firmness, and a serenity of mind, that seemed to pervade the moral system of Isabella, like a deep, quiet current of enthusiasm, but which it were truer to assign to the high and fixed principles that guided all her actions, her heart beat tumultuously, and her native reserve, which almost amounted to shyness, troubled her sorely, as the hour arrived when she was first to behold the prince she had accepted for a husband. Castilian etiquette, no less than the magnitude of the political interests involved in the intended union, had drawn out the preliminary negotiations several days; the bridegroom being left, all that time, to curb his impatience to behold the princess, as best he might. 

On the evening of the 15th of October, 1469, however, every obstacle being at length removed, Don Fernando threw himself into the saddle, and, accompanied by only four attendants, among whom was Andres de Cabrera, he quietly took his way, without any of the usual accompaniments of his high rank, toward the palace of John of Vivero, in the city of Valladolid. The Archbishop of Toledo was of the faction of the princess, and this prelate, a warlike and active partisan, was in readiness to receive the accepted suitor, and to conduct him to the presence of his mistress.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. On what day did Don go away?
2. What was the date of Don's departure?
3. 
Q2:
1. In what year did Don go away?
2. What year did Don leave in?
3. 
Q3:
1. Who was Don going to see?
2. Who did Don leave to go find?
3. 
Q4:
1. Where was Don going to see John of Vivero?
2. In what location would Don meet up with John of Vivero?
3. 
Q5:
1. Did Don leave for Valladolid by himself?
2. Did Don head off to Valladolid alone?
3. 
Q6:
1. How many people left with Don?
2. How many people accompanied Don to Valladolid?
3. 
Q7:
1. Who was amongst Don's traveling companions?
2. Who was one person that left with Don?
3. 
Q8:
1. Was Don high up in the ranks?
2. Did Don have a prestigious title?
3. 
Q9:
1. Did the people accompanying Don have a high ranking?
2. Did Don leave with people that were high up in the ranks?
3. 
Q10:
1. Was John of Vivero's residence beautiful?
2. Did John of Vivero have a sumptuous home?
3. 
Q11:
1. Who decided to get married?
2. Who was okay with having a husband?
3. 
Q12:
1. Was Isabella marrying royalty?
2. Was the man Isabella would marry a member of a royal family?
3. 
