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The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha

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<strong>Don</strong>
<strong>Quixote</strong>
<strong>de</strong>
<strong>la</strong>
<strong>Mancha</strong>
 33
<br />


<br />

All
this
the
peasant
heard,
and
from
it
he
un<strong>de</strong>rstood
at
<strong>la</strong>st
what
was
the
matter
<br />

with
his
neighbor,
so
he
began
calling
aloud,
"Open,
your
worships,
to
Señor
<br />

Baldwin
and
to
Señor
the
Marquis
of
Mantua,
who
comes
badly
woun<strong>de</strong>d,
and
to
<br />

Señor
Abindarraez,
the
Moor,
whom
the
valiant
Rodrigo
<strong>de</strong>
Narvaez,
the
Alcai<strong>de</strong>
of
<br />

Antequera,
brings
captive."
<br />


<br />

At
these
words
they
all
hurried
out,
and
when
they
recognized
their
friend,
master,
<br />

and
uncle,
who
had
not
yet
dismounted
from
the
ass
because
he
could
not,
they
ran
<br />

to
embrace
him.
<br />


<br />

"Hold!"
said
he,
"for
I
am
badly
woun<strong>de</strong>d
through
my
horse's
fault;
carry
me
to
bed,
<br />

and
if
possible
send
for
the
wise
Urganda
to
cure
and
see
to
my
wounds."
<br />


<br />

"See
there!
p<strong>la</strong>gue
on
it!"
cried
the
housekeeper
at
this:
"did
not
my
heart
tell
the
<br />

truth
as
to
which
foot
my
master
went
<strong>la</strong>me
of?
To
bed
with
your
worship
at
once,
<br />

and
we
will
contrive
to
cure
you
here
without
fetching
that
Hurgada.
A
curse
I
say
<br />

once
more,
and
a
hundred
times
more,
on
those
books
of
chivalry
that
have
brought
<br />

your
worship
to
such
a
pass."
<br />


<br />

<strong>The</strong>y
carried
him
to
bed
at
once,
and
after
searching
for
his
wounds
could
find
none,
<br />

but
he
said
they
were
all
bruises
from
having
had
a
severe
fall
with
his
horse
<br />

Rocinante
when
in
combat
with
ten
giants,
the
biggest
and
the
bol<strong>de</strong>st
to
be
found
<br />

on
earth.
<br />


<br />

"So,
so!"
said
the
curate,
"are
there
giants
in
the
dance?
By
the
sign
of
the
Cross
I
will
<br />

burn
them
to‐morrow
before
the
day
over."
<br />


<br />

<strong>The</strong>y
put
a
host
of
questions
to
<strong>Don</strong>
<strong>Quixote</strong>,
but
his
only
answer
to
all
was
–
give
<br />

him
something
to
eat,
and
leave
him
to
sleep,
for
that
was
what
he
nee<strong>de</strong>d
most.
<br />

<strong>The</strong>y
did
so,
and
the
curate
questioned
the
peasant
at
great
length
as
to
how
he
had
<br />

found
<strong>Don</strong>
<strong>Quixote</strong>.
He
told
him,
and
the
nonsense
he
had
talked
when
found
and
on


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