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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>
<br />


<br />

had
gained
entrance
into
the
stronghold
of
the
said
knighthood,
not
by
the
door,
but
<br />

over
the
wall
like
a
thief
and
a
robber."
<br />


<br />

"Nevertheless,"
said
the
traveler,
"if
I
remember
rightly,
I
think
I
have
read
that
<strong>Don</strong>
<br />

Ga<strong>la</strong>or,
the
brother
of
the
valiant
Amadis
of
Gaul,
never
had
any
special
<strong>la</strong>dy
to
<br />

whom
he
might
commend
himself,
and
yet
he
was
not
the
less
esteemed,
and
was
a
<br />

very
stout
and
famous
knight."
<br />


<br />

To
which
our
<strong>Don</strong>
<strong>Quixote</strong>
ma<strong>de</strong>
answer,
"Sir,
one
solitary
swallow
does
not
make
<br />

summer;
moreover,
I
know
that
knight
was
in
secret
very
<strong>de</strong>eply
in
love;
besi<strong>de</strong>s
<br />

which,
that
way
of
falling
in
love
with
all
that
took
his
fancy
was
a
natural
<br />

propensity
which
he
could
not
control.
But,
in
short,
it
is
very
manifest
that
he
had
<br />

one
alone
whom
he
ma<strong>de</strong>
mistress
of
his
will,
to
whom
he
commen<strong>de</strong>d
himself
very
<br />

frequently
and
very
secretly,
for
he
pri<strong>de</strong>d
himself
on
being
a
reticent
knight."
<br />


<br />

"<strong>The</strong>n
if
it
be
essential
that
every
knight‐errant
should
be
in
love,"
said
the
traveler,
<br />

"it
may
be
fairly
supposed
that
your
worship
is
so,
as
you
are
of
the
or<strong>de</strong>r;
and
if
you
<br />

do
not
pri<strong>de</strong>
yourself
on
being
as
reticent
as
<strong>Don</strong>
Ga<strong>la</strong>or,
I
entreat
you
as
earnestly
<br />

as
I
can,
in
the
name
of
all
this
company
and
in
my
own,
to
inform
us
of
the
name,
<br />

country,
rank,
and
beauty
of
your
<strong>la</strong>dy,
for
she
will
esteem
herself
fortunate
if
all
the
<br />

world
knows
that
she
is
loved
and
served
by
such
a
knight
as
your
worship
seems
to
<br />

be."
<br />


<br />

At
this
<strong>Don</strong>
<strong>Quixote</strong>
heaved
a
<strong>de</strong>ep
sigh
and
said,
"I
cannot
say
positively
whether
<br />

my
sweet
enemy
is
pleased
or
not
that
the
world
should
know
I
serve
her;
I
can
only
<br />

say
in
answer
to
what
has
been
so
courteously
asked
of
me,
that
her
name
is
<br />

Dulcinea,
her
country
El
Toboso,
a
vil<strong>la</strong>ge
of
La
<strong>Mancha</strong>,
her
rank
must
be
at
least
<br />

that
of
a
princess,
since
she
is
my
queen
and
<strong>la</strong>dy,
and
her
beauty
superhuman,
since
<br />

all
the
impossible
and
fanciful
attributes
of
beauty
which
the
poets
apply
to
their
<br />

<strong>la</strong>dies
are
verified
in
her;
for
her
hairs
are
gold,
her
forehead
Elysian
fields,
her
<br />

eyebrows
rainbows,
her
eyes
suns,
her
cheeks
roses,
her
lips
coral,
her
teeth
pearls,


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