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meet her betrothed that day and admonishes her to make a 
good appearance. As she is about to go to Ana's house and 
arrange for a meeting with Juan to think up a device to es- 
cape her father’s plan, Juan arrives to call. When Leonor 
tells him to leave, he thinks she has heard of his betrothal to 
Rodrigo’s daughter and takes her to be a caller. He just es- 
capes an encounter with Rodrigo. 
In the third act, Leonor, told by her father that she will 
have to marry the next day in spite of her aversion to her 
fiance, writes a note to Juan to see her at the balcony of her 
house that night at midnight, and he replies that he will be 
there. Since she has given him Ana’s address as her own and 
since he took her to be a caller at Rodrigo’s that afternoon, 
he goes to Ana’s house instead of Leonor’s. She, the time hav- 
ing passed for his appearance, decides to go to Ana for con- 
solation with the intention of having Lisardo tell Juan if he 
comes later. Lisardo leaves Ana’s door open and when Juan 
comes and does not find Leonor waiting for him at the bal- 
cony, he is sure that her father is preventing her from ap- 
pearing. He decides to enter the house, kill the intended hus- 
band, and save Leonor. He meets Ana, takes her for Leonor, 
and arouses Lisardo’s former jealousy. They are about to 
fight when Leonor arrives. She at first accuses Juan of in- 
fidelity, but everything is explained when Rodrigo appears. 
Juan tells him that since he loves Leonor he will never marry 
the daughter of Rodrigo as Alberto has arranged for him. 
There is nothing for Rodrigo to do but assure the two that it 
is their betrothal which had already been made, and everyone 
is satisfied. 
From a comparison of the above synopsis with Moreto’s El 
desden con el desden, without recourse to the actual text of the 
play, it seems inevitable to agree with Alonso Cortes that 
there is no suggestion of Montalvan’s play in Moreto’s. The 
title seems to have something of the idea of El desden con el 
desden, but the significance of the title is not at all apparent 
from the synopsis, in which no idea of “desprecio” exists. 
Jealousy exists, but is not the sort employed to bring the lady 
around to love the one who loves her. From the synopsis, it 
appears that there is nothing in common between El desden 
con el desden and Despreciar lo que se quiere. 
