ABSTRACT
Nevertheless all the maiden's passionate accusations failed to stir the king against the knight who had done him such good service. Seeing that her plea was disregarded, the maiden haughtily withdrew. Soon, however, she returned; but again she was repulsed. A second time she withdrew, only to reappear shortly after to make a third appeal. However, as she busied herself over these constant journeys to and from court, Dolia Ximena heard many tales of the valour and nobility of the Cid. Won over by the glamour of his deeds, the injured maiden on her fifth visit to Ferdinand declared she would consent to forego all further thoughts of vengeance if the king would give her Rodrigo for a husband.
