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堂吉诃德|Don Quixote

Part 2 第54章|Part 2 Chapter 52

属类： 双语小说 【分类】世界名著 -[作者: 塞万提斯] 阅读：[44426]
《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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公爵和公爵夫人决定让唐吉诃德同他们的臣民进行决斗，其起因前面已经提到过了。那个小伙子不愿意同唐娜罗德里格斯的女儿结婚，已经跑到佛兰德去了。于是公爵和公爵夫人商定，让他们的一个仆人顶替那个小伙子。仆人是加斯科尼人，名叫托西洛斯。公爵和公爵夫人详细地告诉他应该如何如何做。两天之后，公爵告诉唐吉诃德，那个小伙子坚持说，若说他答应过同那个姑娘结婚，那就是姑娘睁着眼睛说谎话，而且是弥天大谎，所以，他准备四天之后以武装骑士的身份前来决斗。唐吉诃德听到这个消息后十分高兴，自信这回可以大显身手了。他把这次决斗当成向公爵和公爵夫人显示其勇敢臂膀的力量之天赐良机，焦急而又兴奋地等了四天，就好像过了四个世纪似的。

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咱们暂且把唐吉诃德放在一边，去看看桑乔吧。桑乔悲喜交加地骑着他的驴赶路，来找他的主人，觉得能同唐吉诃德在一起比当岛屿总督还让他高兴。

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桑乔走出他当总督的那个岛屿不远（其实桑乔从来没搞清，他当总督的那个地方到底是岛屿还是城市、乡镇或其他什么地方），看见迎面走来六个拿着长拐杖的朝圣者，也就是那种唱着歌乞讨的外国人。那几个人走到桑乔面前，一字排开，提高了嗓门，用他们自己的语言唱起了歌。桑乔听不懂，只有一个词他能理解，那就是“施舍”，于是他明白了，那几个人只不过是想要施舍。就像锡德·哈迈德说的，桑乔是个非常慈善的人，从褡裢里拿出了半块面包和半块奶酪递给他们，并且比划着告诉他们，自己没有其他东西可给了。那几个人高兴地接过东西说道：

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“盖尔特①！盖尔特！”

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①盖尔特是德语单词“钱”的译音。

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“几位好人，”桑乔说，“我不明白你们要什么东西。”

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其中一个人从怀里掏出一个口袋让桑乔看，桑乔这才明白他们要的是钱。桑乔用大拇指顶着自己的喉咙，摊开两手，意思是说他没有一文钱，然后便催驴冲了过去。就在他冲过去的一刹那，那几个人当中的一位仔细看了他一下，立刻扑过来双手抱住他的腰，用非常地道的西班牙语高声喊道：“上帝保佑！我看见谁了？我抱住的不就是我尊贵的朋友，我的好邻居桑乔·潘萨吗？对，肯定是他，我现在既不是在做梦，也没有喝醉。”

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桑乔听到有人喊他的名字，还抱住他的腰，十分惊奇。他一句话也没说，仔细地看了那人一会儿，仍然没有认出他是谁。那个人见桑乔还在发愣，便对他说道：

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“桑乔兄弟，你怎么连你的邻居，摩尔人店主里科特都认不出来了？”

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桑乔再仔细看看，才慢慢认出确实是那个人。桑乔骑在驴上，抱着那人的脖子说：

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“你穿这身小丑的打扮，里科特，哪个鬼能认出你呀！告诉我，谁把你变成外国佬了？你怎么还敢回到西班牙来？假如有人遇到你，认出你，你可就麻烦了。”

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“只要你不说出去，桑乔，”那个朝圣人说，“就冲这身打扮，我敢肯定没有谁能认出我来。咱们离开大路，到那片杨树林那儿去吧。我的几个同伴想在那儿吃点东西，休息一会儿。你也同他们一起吃，他们都是老实人。我可以给你讲讲我遵照皇上的谕旨①离开咱们村以后遇到的事情。那个法令可把我们这些倒霉的人害苦了，这你想必听说过。”

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①西班牙历史上曾多次颁布法令，驱逐摩尔人出境。

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桑乔同意了，里科特招呼同伴向离大路很远的那片杨树林走去。那几个人扔掉长拐杖，脱去披肩，原来除了里科特已经上了年纪之外，他们都是些很精神的小伙子。他们都带着褡裢。而且看上去都装着不少令人垂涎欲滴的东西。他们躺到地上，以青草为台布，摆上面包、刀叉、核桃、奶酪片，还有几根大骨头，虽然没什么肉可啃，却还可以吮一吮。还有一种黑色食物，据说叫鱼子酱，是用鱼子做的，很适合下酒。油橄榄也不少，尽管都已经干瘪，没腌过，但可以含着吃，味道也不错。不过，在这些食物里最引人注目的还是六个小酒囊，他们每人都在褡裢里带了一个。那个里科特也带了一个，他现在已从摩尔人变成德国人了。他把酒囊拿了出来，大小也和另外五个酒囊差不多。

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他们开始极有兴致但又极从容地喝酒，仔细地品味着每一口酒；吃的东西也都是一点儿一点儿地用刀尖挑着吃。吃到一定时候，大家一齐抬起胳膊，举起酒囊，嘴对着酒囊口，眼睛看着天，仿佛在向天空瞄准，然后才左右摇着头，做出非常快意的样子，过了好一会儿才把酒囊里的酒喝到肚子里去。桑乔把这一切都看在眼里，可他并不感到难过，相反，他就像那句俗语常说的那样，来了个入乡随俗，向里科特要过酒囊，也像其他人一样瞄向天空，然后津津有味地把酒喝下去。

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酒囊一共举了四次，要举第五次已经不可能了，酒囊里已经空空如也，令大家很扫兴。不过，他们还是不时地用自己的右手去握桑乔的手，嘴里还说着“西班牙人德国人，都是一家人，都是好兄弟”。桑乔也回答：“我向上帝发誓，都是好兄弟！”桑乔这样嘻嘻哈哈地笑了一个小时，把他当总督遇到的那些事情都忘得一干二净。人们在吃喝的时候一般都很少考虑事情。喝完酒后，困意又开始袭扰大家，大家就在他们刚才还当桌子和台布用的草地上睡着了。里科特和桑乔吃喝得比较少，所以还清醒。里科特拉着桑乔，来到一棵山毛榉树旁边坐下，让那几个人甜蜜地睡去。里科特讲摩尔人的语言当然没问题，可是他却用地地道道的西班牙语向桑乔说道：

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“我的邻居和朋友桑乔，你很清楚，陛下颁布的那个驱逐我们的谕旨可把我们吓坏了，至少把我吓得够呛。还没到限定我们离开西班牙的时间，我和我的孩子们就已经受到严厉的惩治了。我觉得还是应该先安顿好再搬走，所有被限定时间离开他们居住的家园而搬到另一个地方去的人都是这么认为的。所以，我决定先一个人出去找好住的地方，然后再回来同家人一起搬出去。我清楚地看到，我们那儿的所有老人都看得很清楚，皇上的谕旨并不像有些人说的那样只是随便说说而已，而是不折不扣的法令，到了时间就一定会执行。我必须承认这个现实。我知道我们有些人曾有过恶毒的企图，皇上受了神灵的启示才作出这个英明的决定。可这并不是我们所有人都有罪，我们中间也有一些虚诚的基督徒。不过这种人毕竟是少数，大部分人与此相反，因而不能把敌人留在家里，把蛇留在怀里当然不行。

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“反正我们遭驱逐是理所当然，罪有应得。有的人觉得驱逐我们还算轻的，可是对于我们来说，这已经是最严厉的惩罚了。我们无论到了什么地方，都因思念西班牙而哭泣，毕竟我们出生在西班牙，那里是我们的故乡。我们到处流浪，始终没有找到一个合适的地方。我们本来指望在柏培拉，在非洲的某个地方受到款待，可是偏偏那里的人最虐待我们。我们真是‘有福不懂享，失掉后方知’。我们都非常想回到西班牙来，其中很多人像我一样会讲西班牙语，他们已经回到了西班牙，而把老婆孩子留在外面无依无靠，他们太爱西班牙了。现在我才理解了人们常说的‘乡情最甜’的意思。我离开咱们村，去了法国。虽然我们在那儿受到了很好的招待，我还是想到处看看。我又经过意大利去了德国。我觉得在那儿生活得更自在些，那儿的居民不怎么小心眼儿，每个人都按照自己的意志生活，他们大部分人在思想上没有什么约束。

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“我在奥古斯塔①附近找到了一所房子，并且在那儿遇到了这几个外国人。他们很多人都习惯了每年来一次西班牙，看看西班牙的教堂。他们把西班牙当成了他们的安乐园，每次都肯定能赚到不少钱，而且收入颇丰。他们几乎走遍了整个西班牙，而且每到一个地方，都是酒足饭饱，离开的时候手里至少有一个雷阿尔。等到走完西班牙，每个人都有一百多个杜卡多。他们把杜卡多换成金子，或者藏在长拐杖的筒里，或者藏在披肩的补丁里，或者用其他办法，把钱带出西班牙，送回他们国家去，尽管路上有层层关卡检查他们。桑乔，现在我想把我当初埋藏的财宝取出来。财宝埋在村外，所以去取不会有什么危险。我想写信或者取道瓦伦西亚去找我女儿和我老婆，我知道她们正在阿尔及尔。我正筹划如何把她们带到法国的某个港口，然后再把她们带到德国去，再往后就听天由命了。桑乔，我的确知道我女儿和我老婆是真正的基督徒。我虽然比不上她们，但也应该算基督徒而不是摩尔人了。我总是祈求上帝睁开眼睛，并且告诉我应该如何敬奉他。最让我感到意外的就是我不知道，我老婆和女儿为什么选择了柏培拉而没有去法国。她们是基督徒，完全可以在法国生活。”

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①奥古斯塔即现在德国的奥格斯堡。

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桑乔答道：

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“你看，里科特，这件事大概由不得你，她们是由你老婆的兄弟胡安·蒂奥彼索带走的。他是个地道的摩尔人，当然要到最合适他的地方去。还有一件事我要告诉你，就是我估计你去找你埋藏的那些东西恐怕是徒劳。我们听说，你老婆和她兄弟带的很多珠宝和金钱都被检查出来没收了。”

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“被没收了倒有可能，”里科特说，“不过桑乔，我知道我埋藏的那些东西他们没动，因为我怕出意外，没有告诉他们东西埋在哪儿了。桑乔，你如果愿意同我一起去，把埋的那些东西挖出来收好，我给你二百个盾。你可以添补些东西，我知道你现在很缺钱。”

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“我即使陪你去，”桑乔说，“也决不为贪钱。如果我贪钱，凭我今天早晨放弃的一个官职，六个月前我就可以用金砖砌墙，用银盘吃饭了。我觉得同你一起去就等于背叛了国王，帮助了他的敌人。别说你答应给我二百个盾，就是你现在给我四百个盾，我也不去。”

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“你放弃的是什么官职，桑乔？”里科特问。

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“我放弃的官职是海岛的总督，”桑乔说，“说实在的，要想再找到那样的官职可就不容易了。”

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“那个岛屿在什么地方？”里科特问。

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“在哪儿？”桑乔说，“离这儿两西里地远，叫巴拉塔里亚岛。”

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“别说了，桑乔，”里科特说，“岛屿都在海里，陆地上根本就没有岛屿。”

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“怎么没有？”桑乔说，“我告诉你，里科特朋友，我今天早晨就是从那儿出来的。昨天，我还在那儿挺得意地当总督，干得蛮不错呢。不过，我觉得当总督有危险，所以不干了。”

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“那你当总督得到什么好处了？”里科特问。

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“得到的好处就是，”桑乔说，“知道了我不适合当总督，只配管一群牲畜；还有，就是当这类总督赚钱要以牺牲休息和睡眠甚至放弃吃饭为代价。因为在岛上，总督得吃得少，特别是在身边有保健医生的时候。”

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“我不明白你说的是什么，”里科特说，“我觉得你讲的这些全是胡说八道。谁会把岛屿交给你，让你做总督呀？世界上难道就没人比你更有当总督的才干？别说了，桑乔，你还是先清醒清醒吧，看看你是不是愿意同我一起去，就像我刚才说的，帮我把埋在地下的财宝挖出来。说实话，那东西真不少，可以称得上是财宝了。我也说过了，我一定会给你报酬。”

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“我已经对你说过了，里科特，”桑乔说，“我不想去。不过你放心，我不会告发你。你我趁早各赶各的路。我知道，好来的钱易丢，不好来的钱连钱带人一起完。”

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“我也不想勉强你，桑乔，”里科特说，“不过你告诉我，我女儿、老婆和她兄弟离开时，你在村子里吗？”

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“是的，我在。”桑乔说，“我还可以告诉你，你女儿离开的时候打扮得很漂亮，村里所有的人都出来看，大家都说你女儿是世界上最漂亮的人。她边走边哭，同她的女伴和相识的人拥抱。她请求所有前来看她的人祈求上帝和圣母保佑她。她说得那么伤心，连我这个不怎么爱哭的人都掉泪了。肯定有很多人想把她藏起来，或者在半路把她截回来，可是又怕违抗了国王的命令，只好罢休。最伤心的就是唐佩德罗·格雷戈里奥，就是你知道的那个很有钱的少爷，听说他非常喜欢你女儿。你女儿走后，他再也没有在村里露过面。大家都猜想他也跟着走了，想把你女儿抢回来。不过，到现在还没有听到任何消息。”

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“我原来一直怀疑那个小伙子爱着我女儿。”里科特说，“不过我相信我的里科塔的品行，因此虽然知道他爱着我女儿，我并不担心。你也一定听说过，桑乔，很少有或者根本没有摩尔姑娘同笃信基督教的男子通婚的。我相信我女儿主要是因为她信奉基督教，而不是多情，所以她不会理睬那个殷勤的少爷。”

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“但愿如此，”桑乔说，“否则双方都不好办。我该走了，里科特朋友，我想今天晚上赶到我主人唐吉诃德那儿去。”

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“愿上帝保佑你，桑乔兄弟。我的伙伴们也快醒了，我们也得接着赶路了。”

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两人相互拥抱，桑乔骑上驴，里科特拿起长拐杖，彼此分手。

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Cide Hamete relates that Don Quixote being now cured of his scratches felt that the life he was leading in the castle was entirely inconsistent with the order of chivalry he professed, so he determined to ask the duke and duchess to permit him to take his departure for Saragossa, as the time of the festival was now drawing near, and he hoped to win there the suit of armour which is the prize at festivals of the sort. But one day at table with the duke and duchess, just as he was about to carry his resolution into effect and ask for their permission, lo and behold suddenly there came in through the door of the great hall two women, as they afterwards proved to be, draped in mourning from head to foot, one of whom approaching Don Quixote flung herself at full length at his feet, pressing her lips to them, and uttering moans so sad, so deep, and so doleful that she put all who heard and saw her into a state of perplexity; and though the duke and duchess supposed it must be some joke their servants were playing off upon Don Quixote, still the earnest way the woman sighed and moaned and wept puzzled them and made them feel uncertain, until Don Quixote, touched with compassion, raised her up and made her unveil herself and remove the mantle from her tearful face. She complied and disclosed what no one could have ever anticipated, for she disclosed the countenance of Dona Rodriguez, the duenna of the house; the other female in mourning being her daughter, who had been made a fool of by the rich farmer’s son. All who knew her were filled with astonishment, and the duke and duchess more than any; for though they thought her a simpleton and a weak creature, they did not think her capable of crazy pranks. Dona Rodriguez, at length, turning to her master and mistress said to them, “Will your excellences be pleased to permit me to speak to this gentleman for a moment, for it is requisite I should do so in order to get successfully out of the business in which the boldness of an evil-minded clown has involved me?”

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The duke said that for his part he gave her leave, and that she might speak with Senor Don Quixote as much as she liked.

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She then, turning to Don Quixote and addressing herself to him said, “Some days since, valiant knight, I gave you an account of the injustice and treachery of a wicked farmer to my dearly beloved daughter, the unhappy damsel here before you, and you promised me to take her part and right the wrong that has been done her; but now it has come to my hearing that you are about to depart from this castle in quest of such fair adventures as God may vouchsafe to you; therefore, before you take the road, I would that you challenge this froward rustic, and compel him to marry my daughter in fulfillment of the promise he gave her to become her husband before he seduced her; for to expect that my lord the duke will do me justice is to ask pears from the elm tree, for the reason I stated privately to your worship; and so may our Lord grant you good health and forsake us not.”

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To these words Don Quixote replied very gravely and solemnly, “Worthy duenna, check your tears, or rather dry them, and spare your sighs, for I take it upon myself to obtain redress for your daughter, for whom it would have been better not to have been so ready to believe lovers’ promises, which are for the most part quickly made and very slowly performed; and so, with my lord the duke’s leave, I will at once go in quest of this inhuman youth, and will find him out and challenge him and slay him, if so be he refuses to keep his promised word; for the chief object of my profession is to spare the humble and chastise the proud; I mean, to help the distressed and destroy the oppressors.”

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“There is no necessity,” said the duke, “for your worship to take the trouble of seeking out the rustic of whom this worthy duenna complains, nor is there any necessity, either, for asking my leave to challenge him; for I admit him duly challenged, and will take care that he is informed of the challenge, and accepts it, and comes to answer it in person to this castle of mine, where I shall afford to both a fair field, observing all the conditions which are usually and properly observed in such trials, and observing too justice to both sides, as all princes who offer a free field to combatants within the limits of their lordships are bound to do.”

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“Then with that assurance and your highness’s good leave,” said Don Quixote, “I hereby for this once waive my privilege of gentle blood, and come down and put myself on a level with the lowly birth of the wrong-doer, making myself equal with him and enabling him to enter into combat with me; and so, I challenge and defy him, though absent, on the plea of his malfeasance in breaking faith with this poor damsel, who was a maiden and now by his misdeed is none; and say that he shall fulfill the promise he gave her to become her lawful husband, or else stake his life upon the question.”

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And then plucking off a glove he threw it down in the middle of the hall, and the duke picked it up, saying, as he had said before, that he accepted the challenge in the name of his vassal, and fixed six days thence as the time, the courtyard of the castle as the place, and for arms the customary ones of knights, lance and shield and full armour, with all the other accessories, without trickery, guile, or charms of any sort, and examined and passed by the judges of the field. “But first of all,” he said, “it is requisite that this worthy duenna and unworthy damsel should place their claim for justice in the hands of Don Quixote; for otherwise nothing can be done, nor can the said challenge be brought to a lawful issue.”

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“I do so place it,” replied the duenna.

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“And I too,” added her daughter, all in tears and covered with shame and confusion.

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This declaration having been made, and the duke having settled in his own mind what he would do in the matter, the ladies in black withdrew, and the duchess gave orders that for the future they were not to be treated as servants of hers, but as lady adventurers who came to her house to demand justice; so they gave them a room to themselves and waited on them as they would on strangers, to the consternation of the other women-servants, who did not know where the folly and imprudence of Dona Rodriguez and her unlucky daughter would stop.

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And now, to complete the enjoyment of the feast and bring the dinner to a satisfactory end, lo and behold the page who had carried the letters and presents to Teresa Panza, the wife of the governor Sancho, entered the hall; and the duke and Duchess were very well pleased to see him, being anxious to know the result of his journey; but when they asked him the page said in reply that he could not give it before so many people or in a few words, and begged their excellences to be pleased to let it wait for a private opportunity, and in the meantime amuse themselves with these letters; and taking out the letters he placed them in the duchess’s hand. One bore by way of address, Letter for my lady the Duchess So-and-so, of I don’t know where; and the other To my husband Sancho Panza, governor of the island of Barataria, whom God prosper longer than me. The duchess’s bread would not bake, as the saying is, until she had read her letter; and having looked over it herself and seen that it might be read aloud for the duke and all present to hear, she read out as follows.

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TERESA Panza’S LETTER TO The DUCHESS.

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The letter your highness wrote me, my lady, gave me great pleasure, for indeed I found it very welcome. The string of coral beads is very fine, and my husband’s hunting suit does not fall short of it. All this village is very much pleased that your ladyship has made a governor of my good man Sancho; though nobody will believe it, particularly the curate, and Master Nicholas the barber, and the bachelor Samson Carrasco; but I don’t care for that, for so long as it is true, as it is, they may all say what they like; though, to tell the truth, if the coral beads and the suit had not come I would not have believed it either; for in this village everybody thinks my husband a numskull, and except for governing a flock of goats, they cannot fancy what sort of government he can be fit for. God grant it, and direct him according as he sees his children stand in need of it. I am resolved with your worship’s leave, lady of my soul, to make the most of this fair day, and go to Court to stretch myself at ease in a coach, and make all those I have envying me already burst their eyes out; so I beg your excellence to order my husband to send me a small trifle of money, and to let it be something to speak of, because one’s expenses are heavy at the Court; for a loaf costs a real, and meat thirty maravedis a pound, which is beyond everything; and if he does not want me to go let him tell me in time, for my feet are on the fidgets to he off; and my friends and neighbours tell me that if my daughter and I make a figure and a brave show at Court, my husband will come to be known far more by me than I by him, for of course plenty of people will ask, “Who are those ladies in that coach?” and some servant of mine will answer, “The wife and daughter of Sancho Panza, governor of the island of Barataria;” and in this way Sancho will become known, and I’ll be thought well of, and “to Rome for everything.” I am as vexed as vexed can be that they have gathered no acorns this year in our village; for all that I send your highness about half a peck that I went to the wood to gather and pick out one by one myself, and I could find no bigger ones; I wish they were as big as ostrich eggs.

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Let not your high mightiness forget to write to me; and I will take care to answer, and let you know how I am, and whatever news there may be in this place, where I remain, praying our Lord to have your highness in his keeping and not to forget me.

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Sancha my daughter, and my son, kiss your worship’s hands.

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She who would rather see your ladyship than write to you,

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Your servant,

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TERESA Panza.

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All were greatly amused by Teresa Panza’s letter, but particularly the duke and duchess; and the duchess asked Don Quixote’s opinion whether they might open the letter that had come for the governor, which she suspected must be very good. Don Quixote said that to gratify them he would open it, and did so, and found that it ran as follows.

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TERESA Panza’S LETTER TO HER HUSBAND SANCHO PANZA.

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I got thy letter, Sancho of my soul, and I promise thee and swear as a Catholic Christian that I was within two fingers’ breadth of going mad I was so happy. I can tell thee, brother, when I came to hear that thou wert a governor I thought I should have dropped dead with pure joy; and thou knowest they say sudden joy kills as well as great sorrow; and as for Sanchica thy daughter, she leaked from sheer happiness. I had before me the suit thou didst send me, and the coral beads my lady the duchess sent me round my neck, and the letters in my hands, and there was the bearer of them standing by, and in spite of all this I verily believed and thought that what I saw and handled was all a dream; for who could have thought that a goatherd would come to be a governor of islands? Thou knowest, my friend, what my mother used to say, that one must live long to see much; I say it because I expect to see more if I live longer; for I don’t expect to stop until I see thee a farmer of taxes or a collector of revenue, which are offices where, though the devil carries off those who make a bad use of them, still they make and handle money. My lady the duchess will tell thee the desire I have to go to the Court; consider the matter and let me know thy pleasure; I will try to do honour to thee by going in a coach.

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Neither the curate, nor the barber, nor the bachelor, nor even the sacristan, can believe that thou art a governor, and they say the whole thing is a delusion or an enchantment affair, like everything belonging to thy master Don Quixote; and Samson says he must go in search of thee and drive the government out of thy head and the madness out of Don Quixote’s skull; I only laugh, and look at my string of beads, and plan out the dress I am going to make for our daughter out of thy suit. I sent some acorns to my lady the duchess; I wish they had been gold. Send me some strings of pearls if they are in fashion in that island. Here is the news of the village; La Berrueca has married her daughter to a good-for-nothing painter, who came here to paint anything that might turn up. The council gave him an order to paint his Majesty’s arms over the door of the town-hall; he asked two ducats, which they paid him in advance; he worked for eight days, and at the end of them had nothing painted, and then said he had no turn for painting such trifling things; he returned the money, and for all that has married on the pretence of being a good workman; to be sure he has now laid aside his paint-brush and taken a spade in hand, and goes to the field like a gentleman. Pedro Lobo’s son has received the first orders and tonsure, with the intention of becoming a priest. Minguilla, Mingo Silvato’s granddaughter, found it out, and has gone to law with him on the score of having given her promise of marriage. Evil tongues say she is with child by him, but he denies it stoutly. There are no olives this year, and there is not a drop of vinegar to be had in the whole village. A company of soldiers passed through here; when they left they took away with them three of the girls of the village; I will not tell thee who they are; perhaps they will come back, and they will be sure to find those who will take them for wives with all their blemishes, good or bad. Sanchica is making bonelace; she earns eight maravedis a day clear, which she puts into a moneybox as a help towards house furnishing; but now that she is a governor’s daughter thou wilt give her a portion without her working for it. The fountain in the plaza has run dry. A flash of lightning struck the gibbet, and I wish they all lit there. I look for an answer to this, and to know thy mind about my going to the Court; and so, God keep thee longer than me, or as long, for I would not leave thee in this world without me.

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Thy wife,

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TERESA Panza.

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The letters were applauded, laughed over, relished, and admired; and then, as if to put the seal to the business, the courier arrived, bringing the one Sancho sent to Don Quixote, and this, too, was read out, and it raised some doubts as to the governor’s simplicity. The duchess withdrew to hear from the page about his adventures in Sancho’s village, which he narrated at full length without leaving a single circumstance unmentioned. He gave her the acorns, and also a cheese which Teresa had given him as being particularly good and superior to those of Tronchon. The duchess received it with greatest delight, in which we will leave her, to describe the end of the government of the great Sancho Panza, flower and mirror of all governors of islands.

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