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堂吉诃德|Don Quixote

Part 2 第62章|Part 2 Chapter 60

属类： 双语小说 【分类】世界名著 -[作者: 塞万提斯] 阅读：[44467]
《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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唐吉诃德的东道主叫安东尼奥·莫雷诺，是个富裕而又精明的绅士，喜欢开一些并不粗俗的善意的玩笑。他见唐吉诃德来到了他家，就想让大家拿唐吉诃德的疯癫开心，但是又不伤害唐吉诃德的自尊心。刺伤了人的自尊心就算不上玩笑了，哪怕是伤害第三者也称不上是娱乐。他做的第一件事就是让唐吉诃德脱去盔甲，仅穿着我们在前面叙述过的那件羚羊皮紧身背心，走到一个面对该城主要大街的阳台上去，让众多大人和孩子像看猴子似的看他。唐吉诃德面前又出现了许多穿艳丽服装的骑马人，他们跑来跑去仿佛不是为了庆祝当天的节日，而是专门供唐吉诃德检阅似的。桑乔特别高兴，竟莫名其妙地以为又碰上了一次卡马乔的婚礼，又到了一个像唐迭戈·德米兰达那样的宅第，又出现了一个像公爵府那样的城堡。

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那天，安东尼奥请几个朋友吃饭，大家对唐吉诃德都很尊重，把他当游侠骑士对待。唐吉诃德自然得意洋洋，喜形于色。桑乔更是妙语连珠，吸引了所有佣人和能听到他讲话的人，席间安东尼奥对桑乔说：

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“好桑乔，我们听说你特别喜欢吃米粉牛奶杏仁羹和丸子，如果吃不完，你还藏到怀里留着第二天吃。”

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“并不是这样，大人。”桑乔说，“我很爱干净，并不那么贪吃。我的主人唐吉诃德就在旁边，他十分清楚，有时候一把橡子或胡桃就够我们俩吃八天。的确，也有可能遇到人家给我一头小牛，我马上就拿绳去牵的情况，我的意思是说，有什么我就吃什么，有机会就不放过。可是，无论谁说我贪吃或者不讲卫生，你们都千万别信。若不是有诸位贵宾在席，这话我还会另有说法呢。”

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“的确如此，”唐吉诃德说，“桑乔的克制和讲卫生真值得载入史册，供后人怀念。他饿的时候确实有点儿贪吃，吃得既快又狼吞虎咽，不过他一直很注意卫生。他当总督的时候吃东西就很文雅，曾经用叉子吃葡萄和石榴子。”

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“怎么，”安东尼奥说，“桑乔还当过总督？”

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“是的，”桑乔说，“我当过一个叫巴拉塔里亚的海岛的总督。我痛痛快快地当了十天总督。后来我失去了耐心，开始鄙视世界上的所有总督，于是就从那儿逃了出来，结果掉进了一个大坑。我以为我要死在那儿了，可是却奇迹般地活了下来。”

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唐吉诃德把桑乔当总督的事情详细地叙述了一遍，众人听得津津有味。

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吃完饭后，安东尼奥拉着唐吉诃德的手来到一个单独的房间。房间里只有一张桌子，看样子是碧玉的；桌子只有一条桌腿，也是碧玉的。桌子上摆放着两个罗马皇帝的半身像，大概是用青铜制的。安东尼奥带着唐吉诃德绕桌子转了几圈，然后才说道：

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“唐吉诃德大人，我已经察看过了，现在没有任何人看见咱们或者听见咱们说话，门也关上了。我想告诉您一件最罕见的奇闻，或者说是一件难以想象的新闻，不过我有个条件，那就是您得严守秘密。”

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“我发誓，”唐吉诃德说，“为了更保险起见，我还可以在严守秘密之上再压一块石头。”唐吉诃德现在已经知道了安东尼奥的名字，又说道，“而且我想告诉您，安东尼奥大人，我只有耳朵往里进，没有嘴往外传。所以您尽可放心，心里有什么事都完全可以告诉我，就算是把秘密扔到沉默的深渊里去了。”

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“既然您这么说，”安东尼奥说，“我可要让您对您的所见所闻大吃一惊了。这也算是我的一种排遣吧。这件事我一直无处可讲，它并不是随便可以和任何人讲的。”

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唐吉诃德觉得很好奇，等着安东尼奥到底说什么。这时，安东尼奥抓着唐吉诃德的手，把那青铜像、那碧玉桌子以及那条桌腿都摸了一遍，然后才说道：

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“唐吉诃德大人，这个头像是由世界上最优秀的魔法师制作的。那个魔法师大概是波兰人。他是著名的埃斯科蒂略的门徒，关于他有很多神奇的传说。那个魔法师就在我家住过。我出价一千个盾，请他制作了这个头像。您靠近头像的耳朵随便问什么问题，他都能回答。那位魔法师画符念咒，观象掐算，让这个头像具备了这种特异功能。明天，咱们可以试试看。星期五这个头像不说话，而今天恰好是星期五，所以咱们得等到明天。在这段时间里您可以准备一下要提的问题。

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根据我的经验，它回答得都很准确。”

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唐吉诃德听说头像有这种特异功能，感到非常惊奇，对安东尼奥的话不太相信。不过，既然过不了多长时间就可以试验，他也就不想再说什么了，只是对安东尼奥如此推心置腹表示感谢。两人走出房间，安东尼奥用钥匙把门锁好。两人来到客厅，其他人仍在那里听桑乔讲他和他主人的种种奇遇。

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当天下午，他们陪唐吉诃德外出散步。唐吉诃德没有穿盔甲，一身休闲装束，穿着棕黄色的长袍。当时，那样的天气穿长袍，即使是冰块也要冒汗的。安东尼奥吩咐佣人们与桑乔周旋，别让他出门。唐吉诃德出了门，他没有骑罗西南多，而是骑着一匹高大、驯顺的骡子，并且鞍具也很漂亮。他们让唐吉诃德穿上长袍，并且在长袍背部悄悄地贴了一张羊皮纸，上面用大字写着：“这就是曼查的唐吉诃德。”他们开始在街上走动，这张羊皮纸吸引了过往行人的注意力。大家念着“这就是曼查的唐吉诃德”。唐吉诃德见有很多人看他，说得出他的名字，认出了他，甚觉惊讶。他转过身对身旁的安东尼奥说：

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“游侠骑士就是与众不同，它可以使人名扬天下。不信，您看看，安东尼奥大人，这个城市这么多人，甚至包括许多孩子，他们根本没见过我，却能够认出我来。”

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“是这样，唐吉诃德大人。”安东尼奥说，“这就如同火不可能被包藏一样，功德也不可能被湮没。游侠骑士道永远辉煌，功盖四方。”

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唐吉诃德正走着，忽然有个卡斯蒂利亚人看到了唐吉诃德背上的羊皮纸，高声说道：

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“见鬼去吧，曼查的唐吉诃德！你挨了那么多棍子，居然没死，又跑到这儿来了！你是个疯子！如果你只是在自己家里疯，那还好点儿，可是你还要把跟你交往的人都变得疯疯癫癫的，否则，为什么会有这么多大人跟着你？你还是趁早回家去吧，笨蛋，照顾好你的财产，照顾好你的老婆孩子，别再鬼迷心窍，疯疯癫癫啦。”

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“兄弟，”安东尼奥说，“你还是走你的路吧。别人没向你请教，你也就不必为别人操心了。唐吉诃德大人非常明智，我们这些陪着他的人也不傻。品德高尚的人到处都应该受到尊重。你别自找倒霉了，没叫你来，你就别搀和。”

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“不错，您说得对，”那个卡斯蒂利亚人说，“劝说这种人等于对牛弹琴。让我遗憾的是，据说这个笨蛋在各方面都很聪明，只是让游侠骑士的疯癫给毁了。从今以后，我谁也不劝了，即使我能长命百岁，即使别人向我讨教，我也不管了，否则就像您说的那样，让我和我的后代倒霉透顶！”

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那人说完就走了，大家又继续在街上闲逛。可是，总有很多大人和小孩挤着念那张纸。安东尼奥只好假装给唐吉诃德掸什么东西，把那张纸条取了下来。

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傍晚，他们回到安东尼奥的家，正好赶上一个贵妇舞会。原来，安东尼奥的夫人是个高贵而又快活、美丽而又聪明的女人，她邀请了很多女伴一起来招待客人，同时也想拿唐吉诃德的疯癫开开心。因此，到了几位女客，大家共进了一顿丰盛的晚餐。舞会在晚上十点左右开始。来客中有两位喜欢恶作剧的夫人。她们虽然是正派人，但若是开起无恶意的玩笑来，就显得有些放肆了。她们请唐吉诃德拼命地跳舞，折腾得唐吉诃德不仅身体很累，精神上也感到很疲惫。这从唐吉诃德那副又细又高、又瘦又黄、衣服紧裹在身上、萎靡不振、毫不感到轻松的样子就可以看出来。两位夫人悄悄地向唐吉诃德暗送秋波，唐吉诃德也悄悄地予以蔑视。后来，唐吉诃德见两位夫人的攻势越来越紧，便提高嗓门说道：“滚开，我的敌手！不要再来纠缠我！你们还是知趣些吧，托博索无与伦比的杜尔西内亚才是我心上的皇后，其他任何人都不可能征服我的心！”

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说完，他就坐在了大厅中央的地面上，此时，他已跳得浑身像散了架似的。安东尼奥赶紧叫人把他背到床上去。桑乔首先抢上来抓着唐吉诃德说：

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“您跳什么舞呀，我的大人，真是自找倒霉！您以为所有的勇士都能跳舞，所有的游侠骑士都是舞蹈家吗？我是说，您如果真这么想，那就是自欺欺人。有的人宁愿去杀一个巨人，也不愿意蹦蹦跳跳。若论蹦蹦跳跳，我完全可以代替您，我跳得好极了。可要是跳正经的舞蹈，我就一点儿也摸不着门了。”

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桑乔这些话把舞会上的人都逗乐了。桑乔把唐吉诃德弄到床上，给他盖好被子，以免他因为跳舞出汗而着凉。

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第二天，安东尼奥觉得可以做通灵头像的试验了。他同唐吉诃德、桑乔、另外两位朋友以及那两个在舞会上把唐吉诃德累得够呛的夫人一起，来到安放头像的房间。两位夫人在舞会当晚留宿在安东尼奥夫人那儿了。安东尼奥向他们讲述了头像的特异功能，并嘱咐大家一定保密，还说这是第一次验证这种功能。除了安东尼奥的两位朋友，其他人都不知道这件事的实情。如果不是安东尼奥事先把这件事告诉了那两位朋友，他们也会像其他人一样惊讶不已的。由此可见，一切都安排得井井有条。

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安东尼奥首先凑近头像的耳朵，低声提问。声音虽然低，可是在场的人都能听到。安东尼奥问：

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“头像啊，凭着你的本领，告诉我，我现在在想什么？”

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头像的嘴唇并没有动，可是说话的声音却很清晰，屋里的人都能听清楚。头像说：

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“我不管别人想什么。”

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听到这声音，大家都很惊奇，因为在整个房间里，包括桌子底下，都没看见有答话的人。

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“我们一共有多少人？”安东尼奥又问。

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头像回答的声音仍然那样低沉：

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“你和你夫人，还有你的两个朋友，你夫人的两个朋友，曼查的一位叫唐吉诃德的著名骑士，以及他的名叫桑乔的侍从。”

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大家更加吃惊，惊得头发都直立起来了。安东尼奥离开头像，说道：

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“这足以证明，我并没有受那个把头像卖给我的人欺骗。多么聪明的头像啊，会说话的头像，还能回答问题，多么神奇啊！现在换换人吧，谁想问什么都可以。”

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女人们一般都好奇，爱打听，安东尼奥夫人的两位女伴中有一个人问道：

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“告诉我，头像，我怎样做才能变得更漂亮？”

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头像回答说：

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“人得正派。”

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“我不问别的了。”那位夫人说。

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另一位夫人也过去问，她说：

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“头像，我想知道，我丈夫是否真心爱我。”

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头像回答说：

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“这要看他的行动才能清楚。”

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这位夫人走到一旁说：

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“这不算回答。一个人的行动当然能表现出他的心思。”

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安东尼奥的一位朋友走过去问道：

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“我是谁？”

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头像回答说：

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“你自己知道。”

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“我不是问这个，”安东尼奥的这位朋友说，“我问的是你是否认识我？”

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“是的，我认识你，”头像答道，“你是唐佩德罗·诺里斯。”

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“我不想再问其他事情了，知道这些就够了。噢，头像，你真是无所不知！”

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安东尼奥的另一位朋友也走过去问道：

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“告诉我，头像，我的大儿子现在想干什么？”

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“我已经说过了，”头像说，“我不管别人想干什么。不过，尽管如此，我还是可以告诉你，你的大儿子想埋葬你。”

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“真是这样，”安东尼奥的那位朋友说，“我确实亲眼见到，亲身体会到了。”

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他不再问什么了。安东尼奥的夫人又走过去问道：

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“头像，我不知道我该问你什么，我只想让你告诉我，我的好丈夫是否能陪伴我多年。”

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“是的，能够陪伴你多年，因为你起居有节，可以长寿。

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放纵的生活常常缩短人的生命。”

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接着，唐吉诃德走过去问道：

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“请你告诉我，答话人，我讲述的在蒙特西诺斯洞窟里遇到的那些事，究竟是真的还是在做梦？我的侍从桑乔应该受鞭笞，确有其事吗？这能够解脱附在杜尔西内亚身上的魔法吗？”

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“关于洞窟的情况，”头像回答说，“得视情况而定，两种可能性都有。桑乔受鞭笞的事得慢慢来。只要鞭打够了数量，杜尔西内亚就可以摆脱魔法。”

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“就这些，”唐吉诃德说，“只要能看到杜尔西内亚摆脱魔法，我就会好运从天降，心想事成。”

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最后问话的是桑乔。桑乔问道：

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“头像，我还能当总督吗？我能摆脱侍从的苦差吗？我还能见到我的老婆和孩子吗？”

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头像回答说：

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“你只能当你们家的总督。只要你回家，就可以见到你的老婆和孩子，也不用再服侍别人，当侍从这份苦差了。”

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“说得多妙呀，”桑乔说，“这话我也会说，连预言家佩罗格鲁略①也会说这些！”

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①佩罗格鲁略是传说中的滑头预言家。

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“畜生，”唐吉诃德说，“你还想怎么回答你？头像有问必答，这还不够吗？”

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“够了，”桑乔说，“不过，我想让它说得再清楚点儿，再多说点儿。”

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锡德·哈迈德还说，这个神奇的头像此后只存在了十天或十二天。原来，城里立刻就传开了，说安东尼奥家里有个通灵头像，能够有问必答。没想到这件事被警觉的宗教卫士知道了，他们把这件事报告了宗教裁判所。宗教裁判所下令毁掉头像，以免那些无知的百姓大惊小怪。不过，唐吉诃德和桑乔仍然认为那头像通灵，因此能回答问题。而且，唐吉诃德对头像比桑乔更为满意。

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城里的绅士们为了讨好安东尼奥，庆贺唐吉诃德的到来，同时也为了让唐吉诃德的疯癫多出点洋相，决定在六天后举行一次跑马穿环比赛，但是由于下面发生的事情，这次比赛未能如期举行。唐吉诃德想在城里的大街上随便逛逛。他担心如果骑马，后面又会有很多孩子跟着，就和桑乔以及安东尼奥派给他的两名佣人一起步行出了门。走到一条大街上，唐吉诃德抬头望去，看到一扇门上有个大字招牌，上面写着：“承印书籍”。唐吉诃德非常高兴，因为他从未见过印刷厂，想看看到底是怎么回事。他和他的一行人走过去，看到这儿在印刷，那儿在校样，有的人排版，有的人校改，反正都是大印刷厂里那一套。唐吉诃德走到一个大字盘前，问排字工人在干什么。工人们做了解释，唐吉诃德觉得很新鲜，然后又继续往前走。他又来到一个排字工人面前，问他在干什么。那工人答道：

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“大人，”他指着一位相貌端正、神情严肃的人说，“这位大人已经把一本托斯卡纳语的书译成了西班牙文，我们正在排版，准备印刷。”

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“这本书的书名叫什么？”唐吉诃德问。

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那个译者答道：

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“大人，这本托斯卡纳语的书名原文叫Le　Bagatelle。”

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“Le　Bagatelle译成西班牙文是什么意思？”唐吉诃德问。

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“Le　Bagatelle就相当于我们西班牙语的‘小玩意儿’，”译者说，“虽然从书名看，这本书很普通，但是内容很好，很深刻。”

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“我懂得一点儿托斯卡纳语，而且常为自己能念几段阿里奥斯托的诗而自豪。不过大人，我想请教您一点儿事。我这样做并不是想考验您的才智，而是出于个人好奇。您在您的译作里是否遇到过pinata这个词？”

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“经常遇到。”译者说。

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“那么，您把它译成西班牙文的哪个词呢？”唐吉诃德问。

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“译成哪个词？”译者说，“只能译成‘锅’嘛。”

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“谢天谢地！”唐吉诃德说，“您对托斯卡纳语真是太精通了！我敢跟您打个大赌，托斯卡纳语中的piace，您一定译成了西班牙文的‘喜欢’，凡是遇到più，您都说成是‘多’，把su当作‘上面’，而giù是‘下面’。”

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“是这样，”译者说，“这正是这几个词的本义。”

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“我敢发誓，”唐吉诃德说，“您不是当代的著名人士，而且，您反对褒扬才子佳人和传世佳作。有多少有本领的人被埋没，有多少天才被打入冷宫！有多少道德高尚的人没有得到应有的称赞！尽管如此，我觉得把一种语言翻译成另外一种语言，除非原文是像希腊语和拉丁语那样的经典语言，否则，都会像从背面看佛兰德的挂毯一样，虽然图案看得见，可是底线太多，使得图案黯然失色，失去了作品的原有光彩。至于翻译其他一些简单的语言，更会失去才华和文采，就像只是生搬硬套过来或者只是从一张纸抄到另一张纸上一样。我并不是因此就说翻译这个行业一无是处，因为其他一些职业的情况比这个行当还糟糕，而且收益也少呢。可是有两个著名译者不在此列，一个是克里斯托瓦尔·德菲格罗亚，他翻译了《忠实牧人》；另一个是胡安·德豪雷吉，他翻译了《阿明塔》。他们的译文流畅，让人难分原作和译作。不过，请您告诉我，您这本书是自费印刷还是已经把版权卖给了某个书商？”

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“我这是自费印刷。”译者说，“我估计，这第一版至少可以赚一千个盾。这一版大约印两千册，每册卖六个雷阿尔，我估计很快就可以销完。”

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“您盘算得不错。”唐吉诃德说，“这说明你很不了解印刷厂商的花招和他们之间的关系。我敢肯定，您背着两千册书，累得腰酸腿疼的时候，您就慌了，如果这是平淡无奇的书就尤为如此。”

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“什么？”译者说，“您想让我把这本书交给书商吗？他们买我的版权只出三个马拉维迪，还以为是对我开恩呢。我印书并不是为了成名，我的作品已经有名声了。我只是想得一点儿利，没有利，空名不值半文钱。”

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“但愿上帝能让您一本万利。”唐吉诃德说。

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唐吉诃德走到一个字盘前，看到那儿正在校改一部清样，书名是《灵魂之光》。唐吉诃德说：

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“这类书虽然已经出了很多，但还是应该再出版。现在有罪孽的人太多，需要有很多光明来指引他们。”

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唐吉诃德又继续往前走，看到人们正在校改另外一本书。他问书名叫什么，那些人告诉他是《唐吉诃德》的下卷，是托德西利亚斯附近的某某人著的。

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“我听说过这本书，”唐吉诃德说，“说句良心话，我觉得真应该把这本荒谬的书付之一炬烧成灰。不过，是猪总免不了挨刀子，虚构的故事编得越真实或者越像真的才越好，而真实的故事当然也是更真实才更好。”

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说完，唐吉诃德满面不悦地走出印刷厂。那天，安东尼奥已经安排了他们去参观海边的几条船。桑乔没见过船，所以特别高兴。安东尼奥通知四船船队①的指挥官，说他的客人唐吉诃德下午要去参观船队。船队的人员和周围的居民都听说过唐吉诃德，有关唐吉诃德在船上的事情请看下章。

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①每四艘船为一个船队。

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It was a fresh morning giving promise of a cool day as Don Quixote quitted the inn, first of all taking care to ascertain the most direct road to Barcelona without touching upon Saragossa; so anxious was he to make out this new historian, who they said abused him so, to be a liar. Well, as it fell out, nothing worthy of being recorded happened him for six days, at the end of which, having turned aside out of the road, he was overtaken by night in a thicket of oak or cork trees; for on this point Cide Hamete is not as precise as he usually is on other matters.

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Master and man dismounted from their beasts, and as soon as they had settled themselves at the foot of the trees, Sancho, who had had a good noontide meal that day, let himself, without more ado, pass the gates of sleep. But Don Quixote, whom his thoughts, far more than hunger, kept awake, could not close an eye, and roamed in fancy to and fro through all sorts of places. At one moment it seemed to him that he was in the cave of Montesinos and saw Dulcinea, transformed into a country wench, skipping and mounting upon her she-ass; again that the words of the sage Merlin were sounding in his ears, setting forth the conditions to be observed and the exertions to be made for the disenchantment of Dulcinea. He lost all patience when he considered the laziness and want of charity of his squire Sancho; for to the best of his belief he had only given himself five lashes, a number paltry and disproportioned to the vast number required. At this thought he felt such vexation and anger that he reasoned the matter thus: “If Alexander the Great cut the Gordian knot, saying, ‘To cut comes to the same thing as to untie,’ and yet did not fail to become lord paramount of all Asia, neither more nor less could happen now in Dulcinea’s disenchantment if I scourge Sancho against his will; for, if it is the condition of the remedy that Sancho shall receive three thousand and odd lashes, what does it matter to me whether he inflicts them himself, or some one else inflicts them, when the essential point is that he receives them, let them come from whatever quarter they may?”

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With this idea he went over to Sancho, having first taken Rocinante’s reins and arranged them so as to be able to flog him with them, and began to untie the points (the common belief is he had but one in front) by which his breeches were held up; but the instant he approached him Sancho woke up in his full senses and cried out, “What is this? Who is touching me and untrussing me?”

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“It is I,” said Don Quixote, “and I come to make good thy shortcomings and relieve my own distresses; I come to whip thee, Sancho, and wipe off some portion of the debt thou hast undertaken. Dulcinea is perishing, thou art living on regardless, I am dying of hope deferred; therefore untruss thyself with a good will, for mine it is, here, in this retired spot, to give thee at least two thousand lashes.”

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“Not a bit of it,” said Sancho; “let your worship keep quiet, or else by the living God the deaf shall hear us; the lashes I pledged myself to must be voluntary and not forced upon me, and just now I have no fancy to whip myself; it is enough if I give you my word to flog and flap myself when I have a mind.”

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“It will not do to leave it to thy courtesy, Sancho,” said Don Quixote, “for thou art hard of heart and, though a clown, tender of flesh;” and at the same time he strove and struggled to untie him.

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Seeing this Sancho got up, and grappling with his master he gripped him with all his might in his arms, giving him a trip with the heel stretched him on the ground on his back, and pressing his right knee on his chest held his hands in his own so that he could neither move nor breathe.

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“How now, traitor!” exclaimed Don Quixote. “Dost thou revolt against thy master and natural lord? Dost thou rise against him who gives thee his bread?”

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“I neither put down king, nor set up king,” said Sancho; “I only stand up for myself who am my own lord; if your worship promises me to be quiet, and not to offer to whip me now, I’ll let you go free and unhindered; if not —

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Traitor and Dona Sancha’s foe,

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Thou diest on the spot.”

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Don Quixote gave his promise, and swore by the life of his thoughts not to touch so much as a hair of his garments, and to leave him entirely free and to his own discretion to whip himself whenever he pleased.

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Sancho rose and removed some distance from the spot, but as he was about to place himself leaning against another tree he felt something touch his head, and putting up his hands encountered somebody’s two feet with shoes and stockings on them. He trembled with fear and made for another tree, where the very same thing happened to him, and he fell a-shouting, calling upon Don Quixote to come and protect him. Don Quixote did so, and asked him what had happened to him, and what he was afraid of. Sancho replied that all the trees were full of men’s feet and legs. Don Quixote felt them, and guessed at once what it was, and said to Sancho, “Thou hast nothing to be afraid of, for these feet and legs that thou feelest but canst not see belong no doubt to some outlaws and freebooters that have been hanged on these trees; for the authorities in these parts are wont to hang them up by twenties and thirties when they catch them; whereby I conjecture that I must be near Barcelona;” and it was, in fact, as he supposed; with the first light they looked up and saw that the fruit hanging on those trees were freebooters’ bodies.

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And now day dawned; and if the dead freebooters had scared them, their hearts were no less troubled by upwards of forty living ones, who all of a sudden surrounded them, and in the Catalan tongue bade them stand and wait until their captain came up. Don Quixote was on foot with his horse unbridled and his lance leaning against a tree, and in short completely defenceless; he thought it best therefore to fold his arms and bow his head and reserve himself for a more favourable occasion and opportunity. The robbers made haste to search Dapple, and did not leave him a single thing of all he carried in the alforjas and in the valise; and lucky it was for Sancho that the duke’s crowns and those he brought from home were in a girdle that he wore round him; but for all that these good folk would have stripped him, and even looked to see what he had hidden between the skin and flesh, but for the arrival at that moment of their captain, who was about thirty-four years of age apparently, strongly built, above the middle height, of stern aspect and swarthy complexion. He was mounted upon a powerful horse, and had on a coat of mail, with four of the pistols they call petronels in that country at his waist. He saw that his squires (for so they call those who follow that trade) were about to rifle Sancho Panza, but he ordered them to desist and was at once obeyed, so the girdle escaped. He wondered to see the lance leaning against the tree, the shield on the ground, and Don Quixote in armour and dejected, with the saddest and most melancholy face that sadness itself could produce; and going up to him he said, “Be not so cast down, good man, for you have not fallen into the hands of any inhuman Busiris, but into Roque Guinart’s , which are more merciful than cruel.”

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“The cause of my dejection,” returned Don Quixote, “is not that I have fallen into thy hands, O valiant Roque, whose fame is bounded by no limits on earth, but that my carelessness should have been so great that thy soldiers should have caught me unbridled, when it is my duty, according to the rule of knight-errantry which I profess, to be always on the alert and at all times my own sentinel; for let me tell thee, great Roque, had they found me on my horse, with my lance and shield, it would not have been very easy for them to reduce me to submission, for I am Don Quixote of La Mancha, he who hath filled the whole world with his achievements.”

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Roque Guinart at once perceived that Don Quixote’s weakness was more akin to madness than to swagger; and though he had sometimes heard him spoken of, he never regarded the things attributed to him as true, nor could he persuade himself that such a humour could become dominant in the heart of man; he was extremely glad, therefore, to meet him and test at close quarters what he had heard of him at a distance; so he said to him, “Despair not, valiant knight, nor regard as an untoward fate the position in which thou findest thyself; it may be that by these slips thy crooked fortune will make itself straight; for heaven by strange circuitous ways, mysterious and incomprehensible to man, raises up the fallen and makes rich the poor.”

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Don Quixote was about to thank him, when they heard behind them a noise as of a troop of horses; there was, however, but one, riding on which at a furious pace came a youth, apparently about twenty years of age, clad in green damask edged with gold and breeches and a loose frock, with a hat looped up in the Walloon fashion, tight-fitting polished boots, gilt spurs, dagger and sword, and in his hand a musketoon, and a pair of pistols at his waist.

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Roque turned round at the noise and perceived this comely figure, which drawing near thus addressed him, “I came in quest of thee, valiant Roque, to find in thee if not a remedy at least relief in my misfortune; and not to keep thee in suspense, for I see thou dost not recognise me, I will tell thee who I am; I am Claudia Jeronima, the daughter of Simon Forte, thy good friend, and special enemy of Clauquel Torrellas, who is thine also as being of the faction opposed to thee. Thou knowest that this Torrellas has a son who is called, or at least was not two hours since, Don Vicente Torrellas. Well, to cut short the tale of my misfortune, I will tell thee in a few words what this youth has brought upon me. He saw me, he paid court to me, I listened to him, and, unknown to my father, I loved him; for there is no woman, however secluded she may live or close she may be kept, who will not have opportunities and to spare for following her headlong impulses. In a word, he pledged himself to be mine, and I promised to be his, without carrying matters any further. Yesterday I learned that, forgetful of his pledge to me, he was about to marry another, and that he was to go this morning to plight his troth, intelligence which overwhelmed and exasperated me; my father not being at home I was able to adopt this costume you see, and urging my horse to speed I overtook Don Vicente about a league from this, and without waiting to utter reproaches or hear excuses I fired this musket at him, and these two pistols besides, and to the best of my belief I must have lodged more than two bullets in his body, opening doors to let my honour go free, enveloped in his blood. I left him there in the hands of his servants, who did not dare and were not able to interfere in his defence, and I come to seek from thee a safe-conduct into France, where I have relatives with whom I can live; and also to implore thee to protect my father, so that Don Vicente’s numerous kinsmen may not venture to wreak their lawless vengeance upon him.”

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Roque, filled with admiration at the gallant bearing, high spirit, comely figure, and adventure of the fair Claudia, said to her, “Come, senora, let us go and see if thy enemy is dead; and then we will consider what will be best for thee.” Don Quixote, who had been listening to what Claudia said and Roque Guinart said in reply to her, exclaimed, “Nobody need trouble himself with the defence of this lady, for I take it upon myself. Give me my horse and arms, and wait for me here; I will go in quest of this knight, and dead or alive I will make him keep his word plighted to so great beauty.”

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“Nobody need have any doubt about that,” said Sancho, “for my master has a very happy knack of matchmaking; it’s not many days since he forced another man to marry, who in the same way backed out of his promise to another maiden; and if it had not been for his persecutors the enchanters changing the man’s proper shape into a lacquey’s the said maiden would not be one this minute.”

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Roque, who was paying more attention to the fair Claudia’s adventure than to the words of master or man, did not hear them; and ordering his squires to restore to Sancho everything they had stripped Dapple of, he directed them to return to the place where they had been quartered during the night, and then set off with Claudia at full speed in search of the wounded or slain Don Vicente. They reached the spot where Claudia met him, but found nothing there save freshly spilt blood; looking all round, however, they descried some people on the slope of a hill above them, and concluded, as indeed it proved to be, that it was Don Vicente, whom either dead or alive his servants were removing to attend to his wounds or to bury him. They made haste to overtake them, which, as the party moved slowly, they were able to do with ease. They found Don Vicente in the arms of his servants, whom he was entreating in a broken feeble voice to leave him there to die, as the pain of his wounds would not suffer him to go any farther. Claudia and Roque threw themselves off their horses and advanced towards him; the servants were overawed by the appearance of Roque, and Claudia was moved by the sight of Don Vicente, and going up to him half tenderly half sternly, she seized his hand and said to him, “hadst thou given me this according to our compact thou hadst never come to this pass.”

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The wounded gentleman opened his all but closed eyes, and recognising Claudia said, “I see clearly, fair and mistaken lady, that it is thou that hast slain me, a punishment not merited or deserved by my feelings towards thee, for never did I mean to, nor could I, wrong thee in thought or deed.”

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“It is not true, then,” said Claudia, “that thou wert going this morning to marry Leonora the daughter of the rich Balvastro?”

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“Assuredly not,” replied Don Vicente; “my cruel fortune must have carried those tidings to thee to drive thee in thy jealousy to take my life; and to assure thyself of this, press my hands and take me for thy husband if thou wilt; I have no better satisfaction to offer thee for the wrong thou fanciest thou hast received from me.”

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Claudia wrung his hands, and her own heart was so wrung that she lay fainting on the bleeding breast of Don Vicente, whom a death spasm seized the same instant. Roque was in perplexity and knew not what to do; the servants ran to fetch water to sprinkle their faces, and brought some and bathed them with it. Claudia recovered from her fainting fit, but not so Don Vicente from the paroxysm that had overtaken him, for his life had come to an end. On perceiving this, Claudia, when she had convinced herself that her beloved husband was no more, rent the air with her sighs and made the heavens ring with her lamentations; she tore her hair and scattered it to the winds, she beat her face with her hands and showed all the signs of grief and sorrow that could be conceived to come from an afflicted heart. “Cruel, reckless woman!” she cried, “how easily wert thou moved to carry out a thought so wicked! O furious force of jealousy, to what desperate lengths dost thou lead those that give thee lodging in their bosoms! O husband, whose unhappy fate in being mine hath borne thee from the marriage bed to the grave!”

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So vehement and so piteous were the lamentations of Claudia that they drew tears from Roque’s eyes, unused as they were to shed them on any occasion. The servants wept, Claudia swooned away again and again, and the whole place seemed a field of sorrow and an abode of misfortune. In the end Roque Guinart directed Don Vicente’s servants to carry his body to his father’s village, which was close by, for burial. Claudia told him she meant to go to a monastery of which an aunt of hers was abbess, where she intended to pass her life with a better and everlasting spouse. He applauded her pious resolution, and offered to accompany her whithersoever she wished, and to protect her father against the kinsmen of Don Vicente and all the world, should they seek to injure him. Claudia would not on any account allow him to accompany her; and thanking him for his offers as well as she could, took leave of him in tears. The servants of Don Vicente carried away his body, and Roque returned to his comrades, and so ended the love of Claudia Jeronima; but what wonder, when it was the insuperable and cruel might of jealousy that wove the web of her sad story?

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Roque Guinart found his squires at the place to which he had ordered them, and Don Quixote on Rocinante in the midst of them delivering a harangue to them in which he urged them to give up a mode of life so full of peril, as well to the soul as to the body; but as most of them were Gascons, rough lawless fellows, his speech did not make much impression on them. Roque on coming up asked Sancho if his men had returned and restored to him the treasures and jewels they had stripped off Dapple. Sancho said they had, but that three kerchiefs that were worth three cities were missing.

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“What are you talking about, man?” said one of the bystanders; “I have got them, and they are not worth three reals.”

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“That is true,” said Don Quixote; “but my squire values them at the rate he says, as having been given me by the person who gave them.”

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Roque Guinart ordered them to be restored at once; and making his men fall in in line he directed all the clothing, jewellery, and money that they had taken since the last distribution to be produced; and making a hasty valuation, and reducing what could not be divided into money, he made shares for the whole band so equitably and carefully, that in no case did he exceed or fall short of strict distributive justice.

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When this had been done, and all left satisfied, Roque observed to Don Quixote, “If this scrupulous exactness were not observed with these fellows there would be no living with them.”

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Upon this Sancho remarked, “From what I have seen here, justice is such a good thing that there is no doing without it, even among the thieves themselves.”

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One of the squires heard this, and raising the butt-end of his harquebuss would no doubt have broken Sancho’s head with it had not Roque Guinart called out to him to hold his hand. Sancho was frightened out of his wits, and vowed not to open his lips so long as he was in the company of these people.

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At this instant one or two of those squires who were posted as sentinels on the roads, to watch who came along them and report what passed to their chief, came up and said, “Senor, there is a great troop of people not far off coming along the road to Barcelona.”

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To which Roque replied, “Hast thou made out whether they are of the sort that are after us, or of the sort we are after?”

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“The sort we are after,” said the squire.

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“Well then, away with you all,” said Roque, “and bring them here to me at once without letting one of them escape.”

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They obeyed, and Don Quixote, Sancho, and Roque, left by themselves, waited to see what the squires brought, and while they were waiting Roque said to Don Quixote, “It must seem a strange sort of life to Senor Don Quixote, this of ours, strange adventures, strange incidents, and all full of danger; and I do not wonder that it should seem so, for in truth I must own there is no mode of life more restless or anxious than ours. What led me into it was a certain thirst for vengeance, which is strong enough to disturb the quietest hearts. I am by nature tender-hearted and kindly, but, as I said, the desire to revenge myself for a wrong that was done me so overturns all my better impulses that I keep on in this way of life in spite of what conscience tells me; and as one depth calls to another, and one sin to another sin, revenges have linked themselves together, and I have taken upon myself not only my own but those of others: it pleases God, however, that, though I see myself in this maze of entanglements, I do not lose all hope of escaping from it and reaching a safe port.”

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Don Quixote was amazed to hear Roque utter such excellent and just sentiments, for he did not think that among those who followed such trades as robbing, murdering, and waylaying, there could be anyone capable of a virtuous thought, and he said in reply, “Senor Roque, the beginning of health lies in knowing the disease and in the sick man’s willingness to take the medicines which the physician prescribes; you are sick, you know what ails you, and heaven, or more properly speaking God, who is our physician, will administer medicines that will cure you, and cure gradually, and not of a sudden or by a miracle; besides, sinners of discernment are nearer amendment than those who are fools; and as your worship has shown good sense in your remarks, all you have to do is to keep up a good heart and trust that the weakness of your conscience will be strengthened. And if you have any desire to shorten the journey and put yourself easily in the way of salvation, come with me, and I will show you how to become a knight-errant, a calling wherein so many hardships and mishaps are encountered that if they be taken as penances they will lodge you in heaven in a trice.”

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Roque laughed at Don Quixote’s exhortation, and changing the conversation he related the tragic affair of Claudia Jeronima, at which Sancho was extremely grieved; for he had not found the young woman’s beauty, boldness, and spirit at all amiss.

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The captains showed plainly the concern they felt, the regent’s lady was downcast, and the pilgrims did not at all enjoy seeing their property confiscated. Roque kept them in suspense in this way for a while; but he had no desire to prolong their distress, which might be seen a bowshot off, and turning to the captains he said, “Sirs, will your worships be pleased of your courtesy to lend me sixty crowns, and her ladyship the regent’s wife eighty, to satisfy this band that follows me, for ‘it is by his singing the abbot gets his dinner;’ and then you may at once proceed on your journey, free and unhindered, with a safe-conduct which I shall give you, so that if you come across any other bands of mine that I have scattered in these parts, they may do you no harm; for I have no intention of doing injury to soldiers, or to any woman, especially one of quality.”

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Profuse and hearty were the expressions of gratitude with which the captains thanked Roque for his courtesy and generosity; for such they regarded his leaving them their own money. Senora Dona Guiomar de Quinones wanted to throw herself out of the coach to kiss the feet and hands of the great Roque, but he would not suffer it on any account; so far from that, he begged her pardon for the wrong he had done her under pressure of the inexorable necessities of his unfortunate calling. The regent’s lady ordered one of her servants to give the eighty crowns that had been assessed as her share at once, for the captains had already paid down their sixty. The pilgrims were about to give up the whole of their little hoard, but Roque bade them keep quiet, and turning to his men he said, “Of these crowns two fall to each man and twenty remain over; let ten be given to these pilgrims, and the other ten to this worthy squire that he may be able to speak favourably of this adventure;” and then having writing materials, with which he always went provided, brought to him, he gave them in writing a safe-conduct to the leaders of his bands; and bidding them farewell let them go free and filled with admiration at his magnanimity, his generous disposition, and his unusual conduct, and inclined to regard him as an Alexander the Great rather than a notorious robber.

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