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堂吉诃德|Don Quixote

Part 2 第26章|Part 2 Chapter 24

属类： 双语小说 【分类】世界名著 -[作者: 塞万提斯] 阅读：[44462]
《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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全场鸦雀无声，所有人都全神贯注地看着台上，仔细听讲解员讲解。只听一阵铜鼓和喇叭响，接着是一阵炮声。随后，讲解的小伙子提高了嗓门：

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“现在，在你们面前表演的是根据法国编年史和西班牙街头流传的民谣编写的一个真实故事。其内容是唐盖费罗斯大人解救他的夫人梅丽森德拉的故事。梅丽森德拉被摩尔人关在西班牙当时叫做桑苏埃尼亚的城里，也就是现在的萨拉戈萨。你们看，唐盖费罗斯正在玩十五子棋，就像歌词唱的：

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唐盖费罗斯正在玩十五子棋，

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救梅丽森德拉的事已被忘记。

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“那个头戴皇冠、手拿权杖的人就是梅丽森德拉的继父卡洛马尼奥皇帝。他见女婿如此游手好闲非常恼火，过来责备女婿。他责备得非常严厉，似乎恨不得用权杖打女婿十几下，甚至有人说他真的动手打了，而且打得很重。他还说了唐盖费罗斯如果不设法救出自己的妻子，就会名誉扫地等等诸如此类的话。他说：

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我已经说够了，你看着办吧！

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“你们看，皇帝转过身去，只剩下唐盖费罗斯还在那里生气。他离开了棋盘和棋子，让人给他马上拿盔甲来，又向他的兄弟罗尔丹借杜林达纳宝剑。罗尔丹不愿意借剑给他，却愿意陪同他去完成这个艰巨的任务。可是这位怒气冲天的英雄不同意，说单枪匹马就足以救出自己的妻子，哪怕妻子被藏在地下最深处。就这样，他全身披挂上路了。现在，请诸位掉过头来看那座塔楼。假设那是萨拉戈萨王宫，即现在叫阿尔哈费里亚王宫的一座瞭望塔。瞭望塔上那位穿着摩尔人服装的夫人就是举世无双的梅丽森德拉。她多次从这里遥望通向法国的道路，想念着巴黎和她的丈夫，聊以自慰。你们看，现在出现了一个你们或许再也见不到的场面。你们看见了吗？那个摩尔人把手指放在嘴边上，轻手轻脚地走到了梅丽森德拉背后？你们看，他在梅丽森德拉的嘴唇上吻了一下，而梅丽森德拉迅速地用自己的白衣袖擦嘴，伤心不已难过得直揪自己秀丽的头发，仿佛是她的头发造成了罪孽。你们看，走廊里那个表情严肃的摩尔人就是桑苏埃尼亚的马尔西利奥皇帝。皇帝看见了那个摩尔人的无礼行为，尽管那个摩尔人是他的亲戚，又是他的心腹，他还是下令把那个摩尔人抓起来，抽二百鞭，并且带到城里那个摩尔人常去的街上去游街示众：

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叫喊者在前，

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押解者在后。

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你们看，那个摩尔人马上就要受到惩罚了，尽管他的罪恶企图并没有得逞。摩尔人不像我们，没有什么‘缓期执行，以观后效’。”

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“孩子，孩子，”唐吉诃德这时候大声说道，“你有话直说，不要拐弯抹角的。要搞清一件事情，必须有很多的、充足的证据。”

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佩德罗师傅也在台里说道：

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“孩子，你别说得太离谱，最好是按照那位大人的吩咐去做。你继续讲下去，是怎样就怎样，不要冷嘲热讽的，否则很容易不攻自破。”

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“我一定照办，”那个孩子说，“这个骑着马、身披加斯科尼斗篷的人就是唐盖费罗斯。他的妻子现在也在这里。她对那个胆大妄为的摩尔色鬼的愤恨已经解除，现在平静多了。她站在塔楼的瞭望台上同自己的丈夫说话。不过，她并没有认出自己的丈夫来，还以为那是某位过路人呢。她同这位所谓过路人的对话，民谣里是这样说的：

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勇士，如果你到法国去，

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请去找唐盖费罗斯。

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“她的其他话我就不说了，罗罗嗦嗦常会使人生厌。现在只说唐盖费罗斯拿掉了斗篷，再看梅丽森德拉那高兴的样子，就可以知道她已经认出了自己的丈夫。我们可以看到她如何从瞭望台上下来，打算骑到丈夫的马屁股上。可是真不巧，她裙子的一角被瞭望台的铁栏杆挂住了，结果被悬空吊在了瞭望台上。

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“你们再看，仁慈的老天总是在关键时刻解救危难。唐盖费罗斯奔驰而至，他不管梅丽森德拉贵重的裙子是否会被挂破，抓住她，硬把她拽了下来，然后一扭身把她放到马屁股上，让她像男人那样骑在马上，等她坐稳又叫她从背后搂住自己的胸，以免掉下去，因为梅丽森德拉夫人不习惯以这种方式骑马。你们看，骏马嘶鸣，表示它很高兴驮着勇敢的男主人和美丽的女主人。你们看，他们两个人转身出了城，兴奋不已地踏上了通往巴黎的路途。祝你们一路平安，你们这一对天下无比的真正有情人！祝你们安然无恙地回到渴望已久的祖国，一路顺风，畅通无阻！你们的朋友和亲戚正注视着你们，祝你们安度余生！”

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此时，佩德罗师傅又提高了嗓门说道：

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“说得痛快点儿，孩子，别支支吾吾的，各种形式的矫揉造作都不好。”

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讲解员没有答话，只是继续说道：

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“总有些游手好闲的人到处乱踅摸。他们看见梅丽森德拉从瞭望台上下来，上了唐盖费罗斯的马，就去向马尔西利奥皇帝报告。皇帝立即下令拿起武器追赶，你们看，他们的动作有多快。全城响遍了钟声，所有寺院的钟都敲响了。”

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“这就错了，”唐吉诃德说，“在敲钟这个问题上，佩德罗师傅是大错特错了。摩尔人不敲钟，只敲铜鼓，还吹一种类似笛号的六孔竖笛。要说在桑苏埃尼亚敲钟，那简直是弥天大谎。”

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佩德罗师傅闻言停止了表演，说道：

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“您不要吹毛求疵，唐吉诃德大人，什么事也不要过分认真。现在上演的上千部滑稽戏，难道不都是一派胡言吗？虽然是一派胡言，可还是照演不误，不仅得到了掌声，而且得到了赞扬，得到了一切。只要能塞满我的钱包，孩子，即使戏里的错误多如牛毛，你也接着往下说！”

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“这才是实话。”唐吉诃德说。

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那孩子又说道：

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“你们看，有多少骑兵出城追赶这对天主教情人啊！无数只小喇叭吹响了，无数只竖笛吹响了，无数只铜鼓敲响了。我真怕他们被抓住。如果他们被抓住，就要被拴在那匹马的尾巴上拖回来，那场面可就惨了。”

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唐吉诃德看到这么多摩尔人追赶，又听到这样惊天动地的声音，觉得他应该帮助那两个正在逃跑的人。于是他站起来，大声说道：

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“只要我还在，我绝不允许在我面前对这样一位著名的骑士，对勇敢而又多情的唐盖费罗斯进行污辱！站住，你这无耻的混蛋！不许再追，否则我就要动手了！”

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说做就做，唐吉诃德拔出剑，一跃跳到戏台旁，雨点般地急速砍向那些木偶摩尔人，结果有的被打倒了，有的被砍掉了脑袋，有的缺胳膊断腿，有的成了碎块。混乱之中，有一剑猛劈下来，若不是佩德罗师傅蹲身躲避，他的脑袋肯定像切面团一样被砍掉了。佩德罗师傅喊道：

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“快住手，唐吉诃德大人，您看看，您砍倒、打翻、杀死的摩尔人都不是真人，只是小泥人呀！我真是自作自受！把我的东西全毁了，我的家产全完了。”

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不过，唐吉诃德并没有因此就停止砍杀。他双手持剑，连连砍杀，挥剑如雨，不一会儿工夫，戏台就塌了，所有的道具和木偶都变成了碎片。马尔西利奥国王受了重伤，卡洛马尼奥皇帝的脑袋和皇冠分了家。观众大乱，猴子从客店的房顶逃跑了，小伙子吓坏了，那个青年也非常害怕，连桑乔都惊恐不已，事过之后他曾发誓说，他从没见过主人如此狂怒。

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把戏台全部砸坏之后，唐吉诃德才安静些了。他说道：

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“我想让所有那些不相信或者不愿意相信的人都来看看，游侠骑士对于世界是多么有益。假如没有我在这里，善良的唐盖费罗斯和美丽的梅丽森德拉会怎么样呢？他们肯定会被那些坏蛋赶上，遭到不测。一句话，游侠骑士道应当比世界上的所有一切都更永久地存在下去！”

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“让骑士道永久地存在下去！”佩德罗师傅这时有气无力地说道，“还不如让我去死吧！我真是倒霉透了，就像唐罗德里戈国王说的：

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昨日我是西班牙的主人，

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今天我却不能说

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我身有分文。

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半小时前，或者连半小时的一半时间都不到，我还拥有国王和皇帝，马厩里有许多马，箱子和口袋里有许多华丽的衣服。可现在，只剩下一堆破烂，我成了个穷光蛋。特别是我的猴子也没有了，看来要找回来，得费不少劲呢。这都怪这位不分青红皂白的骑士大人。据说他抑强扶弱，做了许多好事，怎么偏偏对我就不那么宽容呢！求高高在上的老天行行好吧，这位猥獕骑士这回可把我弄得真够猥獕的。”

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桑乔听了佩德罗师傅的话不禁动了恻隐之心，说道：

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“别伤心，佩德罗师傅，你也别叹气，我听了心里难受。我可以告诉你，我的主人唐吉诃德是个虔诚的教徒，十足的基督教徒。当他意识到他做了错事时，就会向你承认错误，赔偿你的损失，而且条件会优厚得多。”

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“如果你的主人能够对他给我造成的损失赔偿一部分，我就知足了，那么他也可以心安理得。要是谁损坏了别人的东西又不赔偿，他的灵魂就升不了天。”

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“是这样。”唐吉诃德说，“不过，我到现在仍不明白，我和您有什么关系，佩德罗师傅。”

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“怎么没关系？”佩德罗师傅说，“这满地七零八落的东西，是谁把它们打碎的，弄得遍地都是？难道不是您的不可战胜的有力臂膀吗？这些乱七八糟的东西是您的吗？难道不是我的吗？我靠什么过日子，难道不是靠这些东西吗？”

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“现在我才明白，”唐吉诃德说，“同前几次的情况一样，那些跟我过不去的魔法师先是让这些人物按照他们的本来面目在我面前出现，然后又改变了它们的模样。诸位正在听我说话的先生们，我实话对你们说，我刚才看到的都是千真万确的，梅丽森德拉就是梅丽森德拉，唐盖费罗斯就是唐盖费罗斯，马尔西利奥就是马尔西利奥，卡洛马尼奥就是卡洛马尼奥，所以我才怒从心头起。我要履行我游侠骑士的义务，我要帮助那两个被追赶的人，出于这一番好意，我才做了我刚才做过的事情。如果事与愿违，那并非我的过错，而是那些跟我过不去的坏人的过错。不过，既然我有错，尽管并非我有意铸成，我还是愿意主动受罚。佩德罗师傅，您看看这些被打坏的木偶一共需要赔多少钱，我一定用西班牙现行金币赔偿你。”

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佩德罗师傅对唐吉诃德鞠了一躬，说道：

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“我没想到，曼查英勇的唐吉诃德，穷苦弱者的真正恩人和保护人，竟会有如此空前的仁爱品德。至于这些被打碎的木偶到底值多少钱，就请店主大人和桑乔大哥做你我之间的公断人吧。”

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店主和桑乔同意做公断人。于是，佩德罗师傅从地上拾起没有脑袋的萨拉戈萨国王马尔西利奥，说道：

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“很明显，已经不可能把这个国王修复如初了。除非有什么更好的办法，否则我认为他已经死了，所以，怎么也得赔我四个半雷阿尔。”

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“可以。”唐吉诃德说。

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“这个已经被从上到下劈开了，”佩德罗师傅又拿起被劈开的卡洛马尼奥皇帝说，“所以，要四个雷阿尔加一个夸尔蒂约①并不算多。”

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“也不少。”桑乔说。

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“不算多，”店主说，“干脆凑个整数，就算五个雷阿尔吧。”

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唐吉诃德说：“那就给五个雷阿尔加一个夸尔蒂约吧。损失这么大，我不在乎这一个夸尔蒂约。快点儿吧，佩德罗师傅，该吃晚饭了，我已经有点饿了。”

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“这个没了鼻子又少了一只眼的木偶是美女梅丽森德拉。

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我也不多要，就要两个雷阿尔加十二个马拉维迪②。”

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①古币名，一夸尔蒂约相当于四分一雷阿尔。

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②古币名，一个雷阿尔兑换三十四个马拉维迪。

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“这就有点儿见鬼了，”唐吉诃德说，“因为梅丽森德拉和她的丈夫如果一路顺风，现在至少已进入法国享清福了。我觉得他们的马不是在跑，简直是在飞。所以你也别以次充好，拿别的木偶来冒充没鼻子的梅丽森德拉。上帝会保佑各方，佩德罗师傅，咱们还是都踏踏实实地过好自己的日子吧。您再接着说。”

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佩德罗师傅见唐吉诃德又开始犯糊涂，就像刚才那样，生怕他又赖账，就说道：

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“这个大概不是梅丽森德拉，而是她的侍女。那么，您赔我六十个马拉维迪，我就知足了。”

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就这样，两人又一一讨论了其他被损木偶的价钱，再由两个公断人裁决，让双方都满意。赔款总数为四十雷阿尔零三个夸尔蒂约。桑乔付了钱。佩德罗师傅又要两个雷阿尔作为找猴子的劳务费。

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“给他两个雷阿尔，桑乔，”唐吉诃德说，“不过不是找猴子，而是找消息。如果谁现在能够确切地告诉我，梅丽森德拉夫人和唐盖费罗斯大人已经回到了法国，并且已经与家人团聚，我就给他二百个雷阿尔作为奖励。”

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“谁也比不上我的猴子说得更准确，”佩德罗师傅说，“可即使是魔鬼这会儿也找不到它。不过我觉得，无论是由于感情还是由于饥饿，它今天晚上都得回来找我，至于结果如何，只能明天见分晓了。”

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戏台风波终于平息，大家一起客客气气地吃晚饭，唐吉诃德也显得格外慷慨，支付了晚餐的全部费用。

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运送长矛和戟的人天亮之前就走了。天亮以后，小伙子和那个青年人也来向唐吉诃德告别，一个要回到家乡去，一个要继续赶路。唐吉诃德给了继续赶路的青年人十二个雷阿尔作为资助，佩德罗师傅已经很了解唐吉诃德，不愿意再和他纠缠，所以在凌晨太阳出来之前便收拾好自己那些被打坏的道具，带着自己的猴子，去寻找自己的运气了。店主并不了解唐吉诃德，所以对唐吉诃德的疯癫和慷慨感到十分惊奇。桑乔按照主人的吩咐非常大方地付了店钱。八点左右，唐吉诃德和桑乔离开客店上了路。且让他们走吧，咱们可以抽空把一些跟这部著名小说有关的情况介绍一下。

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He who translated this great history from the original written by its first author, Cide Hamete Benengeli, says that on coming to the chapter giving the adventures of the cave of Montesinos he found written on the margin of it, in Hamete’s own hand, these exact words:

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“I cannot convince or persuade myself that everything that is written in the preceding chapter could have precisely happened to the valiant Don Quixote; and for this reason, that all the adventures that have occurred up to the present have been possible and probable; but as for this one of the cave, I see no way of accepting it as true, as it passes all reasonable bounds. For me to believe that Don Quixote could lie, he being the most truthful gentleman and the noblest knight of his time, is impossible; he would not have told a lie though he were shot to death with arrows. On the other hand, I reflect that he related and told the story with all the circumstances detailed, and that he could not in so short a space have fabricated such a vast complication of absurdities; if, then, this adventure seems apocryphal, it is no fault of mine; and so, without affirming its falsehood or its truth, I write it down. Decide for thyself in thy wisdom, reader; for I am not bound, nor is it in my power, to do more; though certain it is they say that at the time of his death he retracted, and said he had invented it, thinking it matched and tallied with the adventures he had read of in his histories.” And then he goes on to say:

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The cousin was amazed as well at Sancho’s boldness as at the patience of his master, and concluded that the good temper the latter displayed arose from the happiness he felt at having seen his lady Dulcinea, even enchanted as she was; because otherwise the words and language Sancho had addressed to him deserved a thrashing; for indeed he seemed to him to have been rather impudent to his master, to whom he now observed, “I, Senor Don Quixote of La Mancha, look upon the time I have spent in travelling with your worship as very well employed, for I have gained four things in the course of it; the first is that I have made your acquaintance, which I consider great good fortune; the second, that I have learned what the cave of Montesinos contains, together with the transformations of Guadiana and of the lakes of Ruidera; which will be of use to me for the Spanish Ovid that I have in hand; the third, to have discovered the antiquity of cards, that they were in use at least in the time of Charlemagne, as may be inferred from the words you say Durandarte uttered when, at the end of that long spell while Montesinos was talking to him, he woke up and said, ‘Patience and shuffle.’ This phrase and expression he could not have learned while he was enchanted, but only before he had become so, in France, and in the time of the aforesaid emperor Charlemagne. And this demonstration is just the thing for me for that other book I am writing, the ‘Supplement to Polydore Vergil on the Invention of Antiquities;’ for I believe he never thought of inserting that of cards in his book, as I mean to do in mine, and it will be a matter of great importance, particularly when I can cite so grave and veracious an authority as Senor Durandarte. And the fourth thing is, that I have ascertained the source of the river Guadiana, heretofore unknown to mankind.”

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“You are right,” said Don Quixote; “but I should like to know, if by God’s favour they grant you a licence to print those books of yours — which I doubt — to whom do you mean dedicate them?”

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“There are lords and grandees in Spain to whom they can be dedicated,” said the cousin.

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“Not many,” said Don Quixote; “not that they are unworthy of it, but because they do not care to accept books and incur the obligation of making the return that seems due to the author’s labour and courtesy. One prince I know who makes up for all the rest, and more — how much more, if I ventured to say, perhaps I should stir up envy in many a noble breast; but let this stand over for some more convenient time, and let us go and look for some place to shelter ourselves in to-night.”

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“Not far from this,” said the cousin, “there is a hermitage, where there lives a hermit, who they say was a soldier, and who has the reputation of being a good Christian and a very intelligent and charitable man. Close to the hermitage he has a small house which he built at his own cost, but though small it is large enough for the reception of guests.”

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“Has this hermit any hens, do you think?” asked Sancho.

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“Few hermits are without them,” said Don Quixote; “for those we see now-a-days are not like the hermits of the Egyptian deserts who were clad in palm-leaves, and lived on the roots of the earth. But do not think that by praising these I am disparaging the others; all I mean to say is that the penances of those of the present day do not come up to the asceticism and austerity of former times; but it does not follow from this that they are not all worthy; at least I think them so; and at the worst the hypocrite who pretends to be good does less harm than the open sinner.”

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At this point they saw approaching the spot where they stood a man on foot, proceeding at a rapid pace, and beating a mule loaded with lances and halberds. When he came up to them, he saluted them and passed on without stopping. Don Quixote called to him, “Stay, good fellow; you seem to be making more haste than suits that mule.”

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“I cannot stop, senor,” answered the man; “for the arms you see I carry here are to be used tomorrow, so I must not delay; God be with you. But if you want to know what I am carrying them for, I mean to lodge to-night at the inn that is beyond the hermitage, and if you be going the same road you will find me there, and I will tell you some curious things; once more God be with you;” and he urged on his mule at such a pace that Don Quixote had no time to ask him what these curious things were that he meant to tell them; and as he was somewhat inquisitive, and always tortured by his anxiety to learn something new, he decided to set out at once, and go and pass the night at the inn instead of stopping at the hermitage, where the cousin would have had them halt. Accordingly they mounted and all three took the direct road for the inn, which they reached a little before nightfall. On the road the cousin proposed they should go up to the hermitage to drink a sup. The instant Sancho heard this he steered his Dapple towards it, and Don Quixote and the cousin did the same; but it seems Sancho’s bad luck so ordered it that the hermit was not at home, for so a sub-hermit they found in the hermitage told them. They called for some of the best. She replied that her master had none, but that if they liked cheap water she would give it with great pleasure.

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“If I found any in water,” said Sancho, “there are wells along the road where I could have had enough of it. Ah, Camacho’s wedding, and plentiful house of Don Diego, how often do I miss you!”

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Leaving the hermitage, they pushed on towards the inn, and a little farther they came upon a youth who was pacing along in front of them at no great speed, so that they overtook him. He carried a sword over his shoulder, and slung on it a budget or bundle of his clothes apparently, probably his breeches or pantaloons, and his cloak and a shirt or two; for he had on a short jacket of velvet with a gloss like satin on it in places, and had his shirt out; his stockings were of silk, and his shoes square-toed as they wear them at court. His age might have been eighteen or nineteen; he was of a merry countenance, and to all appearance of an active habit, and he went along singing seguidillas to beguile the wearisomeness of the road. As they came up with him he was just finishing one, which the cousin got by heart and they say ran thus —

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I’m off to the wars For the want of pence, Oh, had I but money I’d show more sense.

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The first to address him was Don Quixote, who said, “You travel very airily, sir gallant; whither bound, may we ask, if it is your pleasure to tell us?”

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To which the youth replied, “The heat and my poverty are the reason of my travelling so airily, and it is to the wars that I am bound.”

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“How poverty?” asked Don Quixote; “the heat one can understand.”

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“Senor,” replied the youth, “in this bundle I carry velvet pantaloons to match this jacket; if I wear them out on the road, I shall not be able to make a decent appearance in them in the city, and I have not the wherewithal to buy others; and so for this reason, as well as to keep myself cool, I am making my way in this fashion to overtake some companies of infantry that are not twelve leagues off, in which I shall enlist, and there will be no want of baggage trains to travel with after that to the place of embarkation, which they say will be Carthagena; I would rather have the King for a master, and serve him in the wars, than serve a court pauper.”

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“And did you get any bounty, now?” asked the cousin.

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“If I had been in the service of some grandee of Spain or personage of distinction,” replied the youth, “I should have been safe to get it; for that is the advantage of serving good masters, that out of the servants’ hall men come to be ancients or captains, or get a good pension. But I, to my misfortune, always served place-hunters and adventurers, whose keep and wages were so miserable and scanty that half went in paying for the starching of one’s collars; it would be a miracle indeed if a page volunteer ever got anything like a reasonable bounty.”

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“And tell me, for heaven’s sake,” asked Don Quixote, “is it possible, my friend, that all the time you served you never got any livery?”

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“They gave me two,” replied the page; “but just as when one quits a religious community before making profession, they strip him of the dress of the order and give him back his own clothes, so did my masters return me mine; for as soon as the business on which they came to court was finished, they went home and took back the liveries they had given merely for show.”

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“What spilorceria! — as an Italian would say,” said Don Quixote; “but for all that, consider yourself happy in having left court with as worthy an object as you have, for there is nothing on earth more honourable or profitable than serving, first of all God, and then one’s king and natural lord, particularly in the profession of arms, by which, if not more wealth, at least more honour is to be won than by letters, as I have said many a time; for though letters may have founded more great houses than arms, still those founded by arms have I know not what superiority over those founded by letters, and a certain splendour belonging to them that distinguishes them above all. And bear in mind what I am now about to say to you, for it will be of great use and comfort to you in time of trouble; it is, not to let your mind dwell on the adverse chances that may befall you; for the worst of all is death, and if it be a good death, the best of all is to die. They asked Julius Caesar, the valiant Roman emperor, what was the best death. He answered, that which is unexpected, which comes suddenly and unforeseen; and though he answered like a pagan, and one without the knowledge of the true God, yet, as far as sparing our feelings is concerned, he was right; for suppose you are killed in the first engagement or skirmish, whether by a cannon ball or blown up by mine, what matters it? It is only dying, and all is over; and according to Terence, a soldier shows better dead in battle, than alive and safe in flight; and the good soldier wins fame in proportion as he is obedient to his captains and those in command over him. And remember, my son, that it is better for the soldier to smell of gunpowder than of civet, and that if old age should come upon you in this honourable calling, though you may be covered with wounds and crippled and lame, it will not come upon you without honour, and that such as poverty cannot lessen; especially now that provisions are being made for supporting and relieving old and disabled soldiers; for it is not right to deal with them after the fashion of those who set free and get rid of their black slaves when they are old and useless, and, turning them out of their houses under the pretence of making them free, make them slaves to hunger, from which they cannot expect to be released except by death. But for the present I won’t say more than get ye up behind me on my horse as far as the inn, and sup with me there, and to-morrow you shall pursue your journey, and God give you as good speed as your intentions deserve.”

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The page did not accept the invitation to mount, though he did that to supper at the inn; and here they say Sancho said to himself, “God be with you for a master; is it possible that a man who can say things so many and so good as he has said just now, can say that he saw the impossible absurdities he reports about the cave of Montesinos? Well, well, we shall see.”

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And now, just as night was falling, they reached the inn, and it was not without satisfaction that Sancho perceived his master took it for a real inn, and not for a castle as usual. The instant they entered Don Quixote asked the landlord after the man with the lances and halberds, and was told that he was in the stable seeing to his mule; which was what Sancho and the cousin proceeded to do for their beasts, giving the best manger and the best place in the stable to Rocinante.

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