ABSTRACT

Once upon a time, so the story goes, there was a King of Spain, whohad one squire for his left side and another for his right side.115 Theleft hand squire was married to a woman who, if you discounted human imperfections, was the very portrait of a Madonna because of her beauty, grace, and modesty. The right hand squire, during all his time at court, had never been able to get a look at her face, and was beginning to feel indignant about this. So one day he turned to the king and said, “Your Majesty, if only you knew what an extraordinarily beautiful wife your left hand squire has! She’s really something to look at!”