The court and army were here as they pressed their attack on that city.

Perez de Marchena had ready access to Queen Isabella, and pressed his suit well.

He was supported by one of her favorites, the Marquesa de Moya.

In reply to their solicitations, she asked that Columbus should return to her, and ordered that twenty thousand maravedis should be sent to him for his traveling expenses.
This sum was immediately sent by Perez to his friend.

Columbus bought a mule, exchanged his worn clothes for better ones, and started, as he was bidden, for the camp.
He arrived there just after the great victory, by which the king and queen had obtained their wish--had taken the noble city of Grenada and ended Moorish rule in Spain.