![]() The King visits her once a month and kneels and sobs by her side. A Moorish physician had embalmed her, and her body sleeps in the black marble chapel of the palace. ![]() The King is melancholy because the Infanta’s mother, who had come from France, died here in Spain just six months after bearing the Infanta. His brother Don Pedro of Aragon, whom he hates, and his confessor, the Grand Inquisitor of Granada, stand at his side. The children gambol about gracefully while the sad King watches them. It is a gloriously beautiful day and the Princess is thrilled because today she is allowed to play with children not of her own rank (there are none of her own rank, so she always plays alone). ![]() It is the birthday of the Infanta, who even though she is a real Spanish princess only has a birthday once a year like everyone else. Buy Study Guide Summary “The Birthday of the Infanta” ![]()
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