The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha
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80 <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,