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堂吉诃德|Don Quixote

Part 2 第51章|Part 2 Chapter 49

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《堂吉诃德》是一部幽默诙谐、滑稽可笑、充满了奇思妙想的长篇文学巨著。此书主要描写了一个有趣、可敬、可悲、喜欢自欺欺人的没落贵族堂吉诃德,他痴狂地迷恋古代骑士小说,以至于放弃家业,用破甲驽马装扮成古代骑士的样子,再雇佣农民桑乔作侍从,三次出征周游全国,去创建所谓的扶弱锄强的骑士业绩。他们在征险的生涯中闹出了许多笑话,到处碰壁受辱,堂吉诃德多次被打成重伤,有一次还被当成疯子关在笼子里遣送回乡。最后,他因征战不利郁郁寡欢而与世长辞,临终前他那一番貌似悔悟的话语让人匪夷所思又哭笑不得。
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在总督巡视的那天晚上,餐厅侍者夜不能寐,一直在想那个女扮男装的姑娘的如玉风姿和如花容貌。管家则利用第二天天还没亮的时间,把桑乔的言行记录下来,准备报告给他的主子。桑乔的言行使他感到惊奇,他觉得桑乔的言行总是前后不一致,愚中有智,智中有愚。

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总督大人也起床了。按照佩德罗·雷西奥的吩咐,桑乔只吃了一口腌蔬菜,喝了几口凉水,其实桑乔很想吃一块面包和一串葡萄。不过他知道他必须这样做,由不得自己,也就将就了,可是心疼得厉害,胃也不好受。佩德罗·雷西奥已经告诉他,吃得少而精可以活跃人的智慧,而掌大权当大官的人用得更多的是脑力而不是体力。

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既然这样,桑乔就只好挨饿了。他在心里暗暗诅咒这个总督职位,甚至还诅咒让他当总督的那个人。尽管只吃了点腌蔬菜,仍然饥肠辘辘,桑乔那天还是去升堂判案了。第一个上来的是个外地人。他当着管家和其他人的面问桑乔:

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“大人,有一条大河把一位领主的领地一分为二。请您注意听好,这个情况很重要,而且有点复杂。这条河上有一座桥,桥的一头有一个绞刑架和一幢当审判厅用的房子,平时总有四个法官在那儿执行这条河、这座桥和这片领地的主人的命令。这个命令是这样的:如果有人要经过这座桥到河的对岸去,他首先得发誓声明他过桥后要到哪儿去,要去干什么。如果他说的是真的,就让他过桥;如果他说的是谎话,就在旁边的那个绞刑架上绞死他,绝不宽恕。

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“这个命令和这个苛刻的条件生效后,有很多人过了桥。法官只要看他们发誓时说的是真话,就让他们过桥。后来有一天,一个人发誓说他要做的就是死在旁边那个绞刑架上,没有其他事。几位法官考虑了一下这个人的誓言,议论道:‘如果咱们让这个人过去,那么他发誓时就是说了谎,按照命令就得绞死他;可如果咱们绞死他,他又发誓说他要死在那个绞刑架上,那么他的誓言又是真的了,按照命令,就应该放他过河。’那么请问您,总督大人,几位法官应该怎样处置这个人呢?他们到现在还没有拿定主意。他们仰慕您的聪慧大名,派我来请您谈谈您对这个如此棘手的案子的看法。”

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桑乔答道:

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“其实这几位法官大可不必派你来,因为我也并不聪明。不过既然这样了,你就再讲讲这件事,让我听个明白,说不定我还能抓住问题的关键呢。”

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来人又把刚才说过的事说了两遍。桑乔说道:

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“我觉得这件事我两句话就可以说清楚。事情是这样的:有个人发誓要死在绞刑架上。如果他真的死在绞刑架上,那么他发的誓就是真话,按照命令,就该让他过桥;可是如果不绞死他呢,他发誓时就撒了谎,按照同一命令,就该绞死他。”

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“事情正像总督大人说的这样,”来人说道,“明明白白,清清楚楚。”

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“那么,我说呀,”桑乔说,“这个人说真话那部分应该过桥,把他说假话那部分绞死,这就不折不扣地执行了有关过桥的命令嘛。”

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“总督大人,”来人说道,“那就得把人分为两半,一半撒谎的,一半真实的。可如果真分了,那人准得死,也就根本无法执行什么命令了,可是那个命令又必须执行。”

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“你听我说,好人,”桑乔说,“或者是我这个人笨,或者是提到的这个人既有理由去死,也有理由活着过桥。如果他说了真话,他可以免于一死;可他若是说了假话,就该处死他。既然这样,我觉得你应该告诉派你来的那些人,既然处死他和赦免他并放他过桥的理由是一样的,那么行善总是比作恶容易受到赞扬。如果我会签字的话,我就会签上我的名字,把这件事定下来。这种处理方法并不是我说的,我想起了我到这个岛屿就任总督之前我的主人唐吉诃德,他给我的诸多告诫之一就是在执法可宽可严的情况下以宽为好。上帝提醒我这句话,现在正好用上。”

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“有道理,”管家说,“我觉得,就是为斯巴达人立法的利库尔戈也不会做出比我们伟大的桑乔更为英明的判决了。今天上午的审判到此结束,我去吩咐他们给总督大人做点可口的饭菜。”

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“我正需要呢,你可别骗我。”桑乔说,“让我吃饱了,别管什么疑难案子都尽管来,由我来指点迷津!”

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于是管家吩咐人做饭。他觉得让如此英明的总督饿死实在于心不忍,而且他还想在当晚结束他奉命同唐吉诃德开的最后一个玩笑呢。那天桑乔不顾蒂尔特亚富埃拉那位医生的劝诫大吃了一顿。刚吃完饭,一个信使就送来了唐吉诃德给总督的一封信。桑乔让文书把信念给他听听,而且如果没有什么机密内容的话,就大声念。文书打开信看了一遍,说道:

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“完全可以大声念。唐吉诃德大人给您的这封信真可谓字字珠玑。信是这样写的:

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曼查的唐吉诃德给巴拉塔里亚岛总督桑乔·潘萨的信

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桑乔朋友,我本以为别人会说你办事粗心愚蠢,可没想到别人却说你处事灵敏。我为此特别感谢老天,是‘他从粪堆中提拔穷乏人’①,使笨蛋变得聪明。据说你当总督时还像个人似的,可你当普通人的时候,就凭你那寒酸劲儿,却像个牲口似的。桑乔,你应该告诫自己,时时注意,而且也有必要注意,当官就得有个当官的样子,身居要职的人外观必须与他的身份相符,而不能由着自己的寒酸性子来。你应该穿得好一点儿,一经包装,大不一样。我并不是让你穿金戴银,不过作为长官,也不要穿得跟士兵似的,而是应该根据你的职位穿戴,只要干净整洁就行。

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①此处援引了《圣经》中的话。

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要想赢得你所管辖的百姓的拥护,你就得做两件事情:第一就是要与人为善,其实这点我已对你说过多次;另一点就是保证要丰衣足食,对于老百姓来说,没有什么比饥饿和贫困更令他们忧虑的了。

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你不要颁布很多法令,而如果要颁布,就一定要颁布好的法令,尤其要注意的是,这些法令必须得到遵守执行。有令不行等于没有,而且还会让人以为他们的君主有能力和权力制定法令,却没有力量使法令得到贯彻执行。咋咋唬唬而又不执行的法令早晚身像充当蛤蟆王的木头一样,蛤蟆开始还怕那根木头,后来便看不起它,最后干脆跳到它上面去了。

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你要厚道德薄恶习。你不要总是那么严厉,也不要总是那么和善,而要寻求两个极端之间的中庸之道,这才是最聪明的。你应该到监狱、屠宰场和广场去,总督在这些地方出现是很重要的。囚徒总希望他们的案子早点结束,你去就可以安慰他们;对于屠夫们,你是一种威慑,他们就不敢缺斤短两;对于摊贩们你同样是一种威慑。你即使有点儿贪婪、好色和贪吃,也不要表现出来,我相信你不是这种人。在你上任之前我给你写的那些劝诫,你如果还保留着的话,要反复重温,你就会知道,它们可以帮助你克服那些当总督的人时时遇到的困难和麻烦。你要给你的主人写信,表示你是知恩图报的人。忘恩负义由高傲产生,是人类已知的几大罪孽之一。对恩人知恩图报的人自然也知道感激上帝,因为上帝曾经而且不断地赐予他恩德。

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公爵夫人已经派人把你的衣服和另一件礼物给你妻子特雷莎·潘萨送去了,目前还没有回音。我现在有些不舒服,鼻子被猫抓了几下,但并不严重。这没什么,如果说有专门同我过不去的魔法师,那么也会有专门保护我的魔法师。

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你告诉我,同你在一起的管家是不是像你怀疑的那样,同三摆裙夫人的事情有牵连?还有,你在那儿遇到的事情都请一一告诉我,咱们离得不远。此外,我还想尽快摆脱这种无所事事的生活,我生来就不是过这种日子的人。

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我现在遇到了一件事,估计公爵和公爵夫人不会高兴。我虽然很为难,却又顾不得了。我首先得履行我的职责,而不是依照我个人的好恶来决定,就像人们常说的:“柏拉图亲,真理更亲。”我说这句拉丁文也是为了让你知道,你当总督以后也得学拉丁文。向上帝致意,让上帝保佑你别成了可怜虫。

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你的朋友

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曼查的唐吉诃德

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桑乔认真地听完了这封信。其他听到信的人也齐声称赞这封信写得有水平。桑乔从桌旁站起来,叫文书到他的房间去。他刻不容缓地要给他的主人唐吉诃德写回信。桑乔告诉文书,他说什么,文书就写什么,不必有任何删改。文书答应照办。他的回信如下:

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桑乔·潘萨给曼查的唐吉诃德的信

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我现在太忙了,忙得连挠头剪指甲的时间都没有,所以我现在的指甲长得很,只好听天由命吧。我最亲爱的大人,我到现在一直没有把我当总督的情况告诉您是怕您担忧,我现在正挨饿,比咱们在荒郊野岭时饿得还厉害。

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公爵大人有一天给我写来一封信,告诉我已经有几个奸细潜进这个岛屿想害死我。不过到目前为止,我只发现了这儿的一个大夫,他受雇把来这儿的总督全都害死了。他就是佩德罗·雷西奥大夫,是蒂尔特亚富埃拉人,您听听这名字,我怎么能不担心死在他手里呢!这个大夫说,他并不是有病医病,而是无病预防,而他采用的方法就是节食再节食,直到把人饿成皮包骨,就好像瘦弱并不比发烧更糟糕似的。最后,他会把我逐渐饿死。我也快气死了。我本来想到这个岛上来吃香的喝辣的,铺软的盖绒的,可是到头来却像个苦行僧似的。我并不是自愿节食的,所以早晚得见阎王。

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至今我还没有获取应得之利,也没有得到不义之财。我无法想象这些都从哪儿来。我听说,岛上的总督往往在上岛之前就有人送给他或借给他很多钱。据说不仅是这儿,其他地方的总督也都是这样。

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昨天晚上我出去巡视,碰到了一个女扮男装的姑娘和她的男扮女装的弟弟。我的餐厅侍者爱上了那个姑娘,据他说,他甚至想入非非地要娶她为妻。我倒是看上了那个男孩子,想让他做我女婿。今天,我们两人要去找那两个孩子的父亲,把我们的想法提出来。那人叫迭戈·德拉利亚纳,是一位很老的基督徒绅士。

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我已经照您的劝告去过广场了。昨天我在那儿检查了一个卖榛子的女贩子,发现她把一法内加的新榛子同另一法内加又陈又空又烂的榛子混在一起卖。我把她的榛子全没收了,送给孤儿院的孩子们,他们能区分出新老榛子来;我又罚那个女贩子十五天内不准进入广场。别人都说我做得很棒。我告诉您,这个地方的女贩子最坏,是出了名的,她们都恬不知耻,丧尽良心,而且胆大妄为。我相信是这样的,我在其他地方看到的女贩子也是这样的。

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您说公爵夫人给我老婆特雷莎·潘萨写了一封信,还送了她一件礼物,我对此非常满足。我会找机会报答的。请您代我吻她的手,告诉她,她的好心不会白费,以后就看我的行动吧。

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我不希望您同公爵和公爵夫人闹别扭。如果您同他们斗气,也会影响到我。您劝我知恩图报,公爵和公爵夫人如此照顾您,而且在他们的城堡里热情款待您,如果您不知恩图报就不对了。

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至于猫抓的事我还不清楚。不过我可以想象得到,一定是那些常常同您过不去的恶毒魔法师捣的鬼,此事咱们见面再谈。

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我想送您一点儿东西,可又不知道该送什么,要不就送您这个岛上出产的几根洗肠子用的灌肠管吧,样子很别致。假如我还继续担任总督,我无论如何也会给您送点儿东西去。

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如果我老婆特雷莎·潘萨给我寄信来,请您先代付邮费,再把信转给我。我很想知道我家、我老婆和孩子们的情况。最后,愿上帝保佑您摆脱那些魔法师的恶意纠缠,让我这个总督当得平平安安。我对此还有点怀疑,因为若是照佩德罗·雷西奥大夫那样对待我,我恐怕连总督的位置带性命都保不住。

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您的仆人

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桑乔·潘萨总督

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文书把信封好,然后派人送走。几个拿桑乔开心的人又聚集在一起,商量怎样把这位总督打发走。那天下午,桑乔准备了几个法令,要治理他心目中的岛屿。他命令不准在岛上贩卖食品,不过允许从任何地方向岛上进口酒,但必须标明是何地的产品,以便按照它的质地和名气制定价格;如果有人胆敢搀水或者改变酒的名称,格杀勿论。他还把鞋袜的价格都降了一些,特别是鞋的价格,他觉得鞋的价格太高了。他规定了佣人的工钱标准,因为有的佣人利欲熏心,漫天要价。他规定对于唱淫秽歌曲的人,无论是白天唱还是晚上唱,都一律严惩。他命令不准瞎子唱奇迹剧①中的民谣,除非他有确凿的证据表明那些都是事实,因为他觉得瞎子唱的东西都是假的,有损于真实性。他还创设了一个专管残疾人的官儿,不过不是为了迫害残疾人,而是让他去检查那些人是否真正是残疾人,因为有的人假装腿脚有毛病或者身上有烂疮,其实是盗贼或酗酒的健康人。总之,桑乔颁布了一些很好的法令,至今还在那里沿用,而且被称为《伟大总督桑乔·潘萨大法》。

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①奇迹剧是中世纪的一种剧目。

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We left the great governor angered and irritated by that portrait-painting rogue of a farmer who, instructed the majordomo, as the majordomo was by the duke, tried to practise upon him; he however, fool, boor, and clown as he was, held his own against them all, saying to those round him and to Doctor Pedro Recio, who as soon as the private business of the duke’s letter was disposed of had returned to the room, “Now I see plainly enough that judges and governors ought to be and must be made of brass not to feel the importunities of the applicants that at all times and all seasons insist on being heard, and having their business despatched, and their own affairs and no others attended to, come what may; and if the poor judge does not hear them and settle the matter — either because he cannot or because that is not the time set apart for hearing them — forthwith they abuse him, and run him down, and gnaw at his bones, and even pick holes in his pedigree. You silly, stupid applicant, don’t be in a hurry; wait for the proper time and season for doing business; don’t come at dinner-hour, or at bed-time; for judges are only flesh and blood, and must give to Nature what she naturally demands of them; all except myself, for in my case I give her nothing to eat, thanks to Senor Doctor Pedro Recio Tirteafuera here, who would have me die of hunger, and declares that death to be life; and the same sort of life may God give him and all his kind — I mean the bad doctors; for the good ones deserve palms and laurels.”

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All who knew Sancho Panza were astonished to hear him speak so elegantly, and did not know what to attribute it to unless it were that office and grave responsibility either smarten or stupefy men’s wits. At last Doctor Pedro Recio Agilers of Tirteafuera promised to let him have supper that night though it might be in contravention of all the aphorisms of Hippocrates. With this the governor was satisfied and looked forward to the approach of night and supper-time with great anxiety; and though time, to his mind, stood still and made no progress, nevertheless the hour he so longed for came, and they gave him a beef salad with onions and some boiled calves’ feet rather far gone. At this he fell to with greater relish than if they had given him francolins from Milan, pheasants from Rome, veal from Sorrento, partridges from Moron, or geese from Lavajos, and turning to the doctor at supper he said to him, “Look here, senor doctor, for the future don’t trouble yourself about giving me dainty things or choice dishes to eat, for it will be only taking my stomach off its hinges; it is accustomed to goat, cow, bacon, hung beef, turnips and onions; and if by any chance it is given these palace dishes, it receives them squeamishly, and sometimes with loathing. What the head-carver had best do is to serve me with what they call ollas podridas (and the rottener they are the better they smell); and he can put whatever he likes into them, so long as it is good to eat, and I’ll be obliged to him, and will requite him some day. But let nobody play pranks on me, for either we are or we are not; let us live and eat in peace and good-fellowship, for when God sends the dawn, be sends it for all. I mean to govern this island without giving up a right or taking a bribe; let everyone keep his eye open, and look out for the arrow; for I can tell them ‘the devil’s in Cantillana,’ and if they drive me to it they’ll see something that will astonish them. Nay! make yourself honey and the flies eat you.”

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“Of a truth, senor governor,” said the carver, “your worship is in the right of it in everything you have said; and I promise you in the name of all the inhabitants of this island that they will serve your worship with all zeal, affection, and good-will, for the mild kind of government you have given a sample of to begin with, leaves them no ground for doing or thinking anything to your worship’s disadvantage.”

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“That I believe,” said Sancho; “and they would be great fools if they did or thought otherwise; once more I say, see to my feeding and my Dapple’s for that is the great point and what is most to the purpose; and when the hour comes let us go the rounds, for it is my intention to purge this island of all manner of uncleanness and of all idle good-for-nothing vagabonds; for I would have you know that lazy idlers are the same thing in a State as the drones in a hive, that eat up the honey the industrious bees make. I mean to protect the husbandman, to preserve to the gentleman his privileges, to reward the virtuous, and above all to respect religion and honour its ministers. What say you to that, my friends? Is there anything in what I say, or am I talking to no purpose?”

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“There is so much in what your worship says, senor governor,” said the majordomo, “that I am filled with wonder when I see a man like your worship, entirely without learning (for I believe you have none at all), say such things, and so full of sound maxims and sage remarks, very different from what was expected of your worship’s intelligence by those who sent us or by us who came here. Every day we see something new in this world; jokes become realities, and the jokers find the tables turned upon them.”

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Night came, and with the permission of Doctor Pedro Recio, the governor had supper. They then got ready to go the rounds, and he started with the majordomo, the secretary, the head-carver, the chronicler charged with recording his deeds, and alguacils and notaries enough to form a fair-sized squadron. In the midst marched Sancho with his staff, as fine a sight as one could wish to see, and but a few streets of the town had been traversed when they heard a noise as of a clashing of swords. They hastened to the spot, and found that the combatants were but two, who seeing the authorities approaching stood still, and one of them exclaimed, “Help, in the name of God and the king! Are men to he allowed to rob in the middle of this town, and rush out and attack people in the very streets?”

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“Be calm, my good man,” said Sancho, “and tell me what the cause of this quarrel is; for I am the governor.”

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Said the other combatant, “Senor governor, I will tell you in a very few words. Your worship must know that this gentleman has just now won more than a thousand reals in that gambling house opposite, and God knows how. I was there, and gave more than one doubtful point in his favour, very much against what my conscience told me. He made off with his winnings, and when I made sure he was going to give me a crown or so at least by way of a present, as it is usual and customary to give men of quality of my sort who stand by to see fair or foul play, and back up swindles, and prevent quarrels, he pocketed his money and left the house. Indignant at this I followed him, and speaking him fairly and civilly asked him to give me if it were only eight reals, for he knows I am an honest man and that I have neither profession nor property, for my parents never brought me up to any or left me any; but the rogue, who is a greater thief than Cacus and a greater sharper than Andradilla, would not give me more than four reals; so your worship may see how little shame and conscience he has. But by my faith if you had not come up I’d have made him disgorge his winnings, and he’d have learned what the range of the steel-yard was.”

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“What say you to this?” asked Sancho. The other replied that all his antagonist said was true, and that he did not choose to give him more than four reals because he very often gave him money; and that those who expected presents ought to be civil and take what is given them with a cheerful countenance, and not make any claim against winners unless they know them for certain to be sharpers and their winnings to be unfairly won; and that there could be no better proof that he himself was an honest man than his having refused to give anything; for sharpers always pay tribute to lookers-on who know them.

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“That is true,” said the majordomo; “let your worship consider what is to be done with these men.”

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“What is to be done,” said Sancho, “is this; you, the winner, be you good, bad, or indifferent, give this assailant of yours a hundred reals at once, and you must disburse thirty more for the poor prisoners; and you who have neither profession nor property, and hang about the island in idleness, take these hundred reals now, and some time of the day to-morrow quit the island under sentence of banishment for ten years, and under pain of completing it in another life if you violate the sentence, for I’ll hang you on a gibbet, or at least the hangman will by my orders; not a word from either of you, or I’ll make him feel my hand.”

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The one paid down the money and the other took it, and the latter quitted the island, while the other went home; and then the governor said, “Either I am not good for much, or I’ll get rid of these gambling houses, for it strikes me they are very mischievous.”

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“This one at least,” said one of the notaries, “your worship will not be able to get rid of, for a great man owns it, and what he loses every year is beyond all comparison more than what he makes by the cards. On the minor gambling houses your worship may exercise your power, and it is they that do most harm and shelter the most barefaced practices; for in the houses of lords and gentlemen of quality the notorious sharpers dare not attempt to play their tricks; and as the vice of gambling has become common, it is better that men should play in houses of repute than in some tradesman’s , where they catch an unlucky fellow in the small hours of the morning and skin him alive.”

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“I know already, notary, that there is a good deal to he said on that point,” said Sancho.

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And now a tipstaff came up with a young man in his grasp, and said, “Senor governor, this youth was coming towards us, and as soon as he saw the officers of justice he turned about and ran like a deer, a sure proof that he must be some evil-doer; I ran after him, and had it not been that he stumbled and fell, I should never have caught him.”

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“What did you run for, fellow?” said Sancho.

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To which the young man replied, “Senor, it was to avoid answering all the questions officers of justice put.”

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“What are you by trade?”

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“A weaver.”

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“And what do you weave?”

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“Lance heads, with your worship’s good leave.”

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“You’re facetious with me! You plume yourself on being a wag? Very good; and where were you going just now?”

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“To take the air, senor.”

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“And where does one take the air in this island?”

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“Where it blows.”

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“Good! your answers are very much to the point; you are a smart youth; but take notice that I am the air, and that I blow upon you a-stern, and send you to gaol. Ho there! lay hold of him and take him off; I’ll make him sleep there to-night without air.”

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“By God,” said the young man, “your worship will make me sleep in gaol just as soon as make me king.”

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“Why shan’t I make thee sleep in gaol?” said Sancho. “Have I not the power to arrest thee and release thee whenever I like?”

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“All the power your worship has,” said the young man, “won’t be able to make me sleep in gaol.”

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“How? not able!” said Sancho; “take him away at once where he’ll see his mistake with his own eyes, even if the gaoler is willing to exert his interested generosity on his behalf; for I’ll lay a penalty of two thousand ducats on him if he allows him to stir a step from the prison.”

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“That’s ridiculous,” said the young man; “the fact is, all the men on earth will not make me sleep in prison.”

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“Tell me, you devil,” said Sancho, “have you got any angel that will deliver you, and take off the irons I am going to order them to put upon you?”

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“Now, senor governor,” said the young man in a sprightly manner, “let us be reasonable and come to the point. Granted your worship may order me to be taken to prison, and to have irons and chains put on me, and to be shut up in a cell, and may lay heavy penalties on the gaoler if he lets me out, and that he obeys your orders; still, if I don’t choose to sleep, and choose to remain awake all night without closing an eye, will your worship with all your power be able to make me sleep if I don’t choose?”

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“No, truly,” said the secretary, “and the fellow has made his point.”

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“So then,” said Sancho, “it would be entirely of your own choice you would keep from sleeping; not in opposition to my will?”

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“No, senor,” said the youth, “certainly not.”

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“Well then, go, and God be with you,” said Sancho; “be off home to sleep, and God give you sound sleep, for I don’t want to rob you of it; but for the future, let me advise you don’t joke with the authorities, because you may come across some one who will bring down the joke on your own skull.”

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The young man went his way, and the governor continued his round, and shortly afterwards two tipstaffs came up with a man in custody, and said, “Senor governor, this person, who seems to be a man, is not so, but a woman, and not an ill-favoured one, in man’s clothes.” They raised two or three lanterns to her face, and by their light they distinguished the features of a woman to all appearance of the age of sixteen or a little more, with her hair gathered into a gold and green silk net, and fair as a thousand pearls. They scanned her from head to foot, and observed that she had on red silk stockings with garters of white taffety bordered with gold and pearl; her breeches were of green and gold stuff, and under an open jacket or jerkin of the same she wore a doublet of the finest white and gold cloth; her shoes were white and such as men wear; she carried no sword at her belt, but only a richly ornamented dagger, and on her fingers she had several handsome rings. In short, the girl seemed fair to look at in the eyes of all, and none of those who beheld her knew her, the people of the town said they could not imagine who she was, and those who were in the secret of the jokes that were to be practised upon Sancho were the ones who were most surprised, for this incident or discovery had not been arranged by them; and they watched anxiously to see how the affair would end.

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Sancho was fascinated by the girl’s beauty, and he asked her who she was, where she was going, and what had induced her to dress herself in that garb. She with her eyes fixed on the ground answered in modest confusion, “I cannot tell you, senor, before so many people what it is of such consequence to me to have kept secret; one thing I wish to be known, that I am no thief or evildoer, but only an unhappy maiden whom the power of jealousy has led to break through the respect that is due to modesty.”

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Hearing this the majordomo said to Sancho, “Make the people stand back, senor governor, that this lady may say what she wishes with less embarrassment.”

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“I am confused just now, sirs,” said the damsel, “and I don’t know what I am saying; but the truth is that I am the daughter of Diego de la Llana, whom you must all know.”

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“Ay, that will do,” said the majordomo; “for I know Diego de la Llana, and know that he is a gentleman of position and a rich man, and that he has a son and a daughter, and that since he was left a widower nobody in all this town can speak of having seen his daughter’s face; for he keeps her so closely shut up that he does not give even the sun a chance of seeing her; and for all that report says she is extremely beautiful.”

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