Stories from Don Quixote (1908) (14594983478)

Identifier: storiesfromdonqu00cerv (find matches)
Title: Stories from Don Quixote
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord), d. 1913
Subjects: Don Quixote (Fictitious character)
Publisher: New York, T.Y. Crowell & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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mad, Ihelped to make him Governor of the Isle, so, now, beingsane, I would give him the government of a kingdom, ifit were in my power, for the simplicity of his heart, andthe loyalty of his conduct, deserve no less. When he reached this point, Don Quixote turned toSancho, and said : Forgive me, good friend, for leadingthee astray, and making thee believe that there are, orwere, knights-errant in the world. Woes me ! cried Sancho, weeping pitifully, dontdie, dear master, but take my advice and live many years,for what greater madness can a man commit, than to lethimself die of melancholy, without anyone else having ahand in it ? Come, sir, dont you be lazy, but get upand come and play at shepherds with me, as we agreed.Who knows but we may find the lady Dulcinea behindsome hedge, disenchanted, and as grand as you please ?If it is the thought of your defeat which is dragging youdown to your grave, lay the blame on me—say that Ileft Rozinantes girths loose, and thats why you were un-
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At Rest 229 seated. Besides, you know that the best knights some-times get a fall, and the vanquished to-day may be thevictor to-morrow. That is true/ remarked Carrasco, and our goodSancho takes a very just view of the case. Gentlemen, said Don Quixote, let us not go toofast, or expect to find last years birds in this years nests.Remember that you are talking, not to Don Quixote themadman, but to Alonso Quijano the Good, now happilyrestored to his senses, and reinstated, I hope, in yourrespect. Then he made a sign to the notary, and wenton dictating his will: To my niece, Antonia Quijano, I give and bequeaththe whole of my estate, after payment of the sum whichis due to my housekeeper as salary for the years in whichshe has served me, with twenty ducats besides for a dress.As my executors I appoint the priest of my parish, andthe Bachelor Samson Carrasco, charging them that if myniece, the said Antonia Quijano, should ever desire tomarry, she must choose as her husband one who does no