Don Quixote

, who was striving to force his way in to see Don Quixote while they held the door against him, "What does the vagabond want in this house? Be

mping about the country, and not thy master! He has carried me all over the world, and you are mightily

o," said the niece; "What are islands? Is it someth

"but something to govern and rule, and better

bag of mischief and sack of knavery; go govern your house and dig

r to his credit, called to him and made the other two hold their tongues and let him come in. Sancho entered, and the curate and the barber took their leave of Don Quixote, of whose recovery they despaired when they saw how wedded he w

e knight as at the simplicity of the squire, who has such a firm belief in all that about the i

bsurdities of the knight and squire, for it seems as if they had both been cast in the same mould

should like very much to know what the

or the housekeeper will tell us by-and-by, fo

d sayest, that I took thee out of thy cottage, when thou knowest I did not remain in my house. We sallied forth together, we took the road together, we wandered abroad

by what your worship says, misfortunes belong more

d Don Quixote, "according to the

any language but m

thy lord and master, I am thy head, and thou a part of me as thou art my servant; and therefore any

the wall, looking on while I was flying through the air, and did not feel any pain whatever; and if th

he caballeros? What do they say of my valour; of my achievements; of my courtesy? How do they treat the task I have undertaken in reviving and restoring to the world the now forgotten order of chivalry? In short, Sancho, I would have thee tell me all that has come to thine ears on this subject; and thou art to tell me, without adding anything to the good or taking away anything from the bad; for it is the duty of loyal vassals to tell the truth to their lords just as it is and i

hip will not be vexed at what I say, as you wish me to say it out in all its na

Quixote; "thou mayest speak freely, Sanch

e bounds of your quality of gentleman, you have assumed the 'Don,' and made a knight of yourself at a jump, with four vine-stocks and a couple of acres of land, and never a shirt to your back

ays go well dressed and never patched; ragged I may be, bu

say, 'mad but droll;' others, 'valiant but unlucky;' others, 'courteous but meddling,' and then they g

th being ambitious, and not particularly cleanly in his dress, or pure in his morals. Of Alexander, whose deeds won him the name of Great, they say that he was somewhat of a drunkard. Of Hercules, him of the many labours, it is said that he was lewd and luxurious.

ere it is, body

e, then?" ask

night the son of Bartholomew Carrasco, who has been studying at Salamanca, came home after having been made a bachelor, and when I went to welcome him, he told me that your worship's history is already abroad in books, with the title of THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE O

r of our history will be some sage enchanter; for to s

elor Samson Carrasco (that is the name of him I spoke of) sa

rish name," sa

have heard say that the Moors are

en the surname of this

Sancho," obser

your worship wishes me to fetch the bac

"for what thou hast told me has amazed me, and I shall not eat

went in quest of the bachelor, with whom he returned in a shor