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堂吉诃德|Don Quixote

Part 2 第27章|Part 2 Chapter 25

属类： 双语小说 【分类】世界名著 -[作者: 塞万提斯] 阅读：[44430]
《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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解驴叫纠纷，不料事与愿违，自找倒霉

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这部伟大小说的作者锡德·哈迈德在本章开头写道：“我以一个虔诚的基督教徒的名义发誓……”可是译者说，锡德·哈迈德明明是摩尔人，却要以一个虔诚的基督教徒的名义发誓，这无非是为了表明，既然他以基督教徒的名义发誓，他说的那些事就都是真实的，或者应该是真实的。所以，他写唐吉诃德的那些事，特别是介绍佩德罗师傅为何许人，那只猴子在那一带村镇以占卦称奇等等，也都是真的了。作者又说，读者也许还记得，在本书的上卷里，唐吉诃德在莫雷纳山释放的那批苦役犯里有个叫希内斯·德帕萨蒙特的，唐吉诃德称之为希内西略·德帕拉皮利亚，后来就是他偷了桑乔的驴。可是由于印刷者的失误，小说的上卷里忘了说明驴是如何被偷以及何时被偷的，所以很多人把印刷者的责任归咎于作者的疏忽。其实，希内斯是趁桑乔在驴背上打瞌睡的时候把驴偷走的，就像当初萨克里潘特骑在阿尔布拉卡上时，布鲁内略竟从他的腿下把马偷走了一样。后来桑乔把驴找回来了，这在前面已经有所记述。这个希内斯自知罪孽深重，罄竹难书，为了逃避法律的惩罚，决定逃到阿拉贡境内，蒙上左眼，靠演木偶戏过日子。演木偶戏这类事可是他的拿手本领。

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后来，他从几个获得自由后从土耳其的柏培尔回来的基督徒手里买了那只猴子，训练它一看到自己的信号就跳到自己肩上，在耳边嘀嘀咕咕，或者像是嘀嘀咕咕。后来，他带着他的戏班子和猴子去某地演出之前，总是先在附近尽可能了解有哪些人，哪些事情，把这些记在脑子里。到了那个地方之后，他首先演出木偶戏。木偶戏有些是历史题材的，有些属于其他内容，但都是大家熟悉的有趣剧目。演完木偶戏后，他就开始显示猴子的本领，向当地人说猴子可以算出过去和现在的事情，只是不能预测将来的事情。每回答一个问题收两个雷阿尔，有时候也视问话人的情况酌情减价。他甚至还会到他知道曾出过什么事的家庭去，即使人家不愿意花钱占卦，他也向猴子发出信号，然后说猴子告诉他什么事情，结果当然很符合实际情况。他就这样赢得了大家的信任，人们都很崇拜他。他这个人很机灵，往往能把问题回答得恰如其分。由于从来没人追问过他的猴子是如何占卦的，所以他到处招摇撞骗而饱了私囊。那次，他一进客店就认出了唐吉诃德和桑乔。他很了解他们两人的情况，因此占起卦来很容易让唐吉诃德、桑乔和客店里的所有人感到惊奇。不过，正像前面一章所记述的那样，唐吉诃德挥剑斩掉了马尔西利奥国王的脑袋，并且扫荡了他的骑兵团。如果当时唐吉诃德的手再低一点儿，希内斯付出的代价可就大了。这就是有关佩德罗师傅及其猴子的情况。

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再说曼查的唐吉诃德离开客店之后，决定先到埃布罗河沿岸地带，然后再进入萨拉戈萨城。在进行擂台比武之前，他还有的是时间四处周游。他怀着这个目的赶路，走了两天，没遇到什么值得记录在纸上的事情。第三天，唐吉诃德登上一个山区，忽然听到一阵鼓号声和火枪的枪声。

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起初唐吉诃德还以为是某支军队从那儿经过。为了看得更清楚些，他催马往山顶赶去，到了山顶才发现是两百多名武装分子，带着各种武器，长矛呀、弩呀、戟呀、扎枪呀，还有一些火枪和护胸盾牌。唐吉诃德沿着山坡往下走，已经接近了那群人，可以清楚地看到他们的旗帜，而且可以看清旗子的颜色和旗帜上的徽记，特别是能看清其中一面白缎尖角旗上画着一头小驴。那头驴画得十分逼真，它昂着头，张着嘴，舌头伸出，那姿态仿佛在嘶叫。它的周围用大字写着两行字：

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两位大市长

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驴叫没白学

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唐吉诃德根据这面旗子断定准是那个驴叫镇的人。于是他告诉了桑乔那旗子上写的是什么，还说，告诉他们这件事的人一定是弄错了，因为原来说学驴叫的是两位议员，可是按照旗子上写的，学驴叫的却是两位市长。桑乔答道：

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“大人，这倒无关紧要，说不定当时学驴叫的两位议员后来成了市长呢。如果是这样，用这两种称呼都可以。况且，不管是市长学还是议员学，只要他们学过驴叫就行了。无论是市长还是议员，都可以学驴叫。”

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最后，唐吉诃德和桑乔明白了，原来是受羞辱的那个镇子的人出来同羞辱他们的那个镇子的人打架。那个镇子的人闹得实在太不像话，他们已经无法再和睦相处了。

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唐吉诃德向那些人走去。桑乔见了不无担心，他向来不愿意让唐吉诃德参与这种事情。那群人以为唐吉诃德是跟他们一伙的，就放他进了队伍。唐吉诃德掀起护眼罩，风度翩翩地来到驴旗下。那伙人当中的几个领头人都围过来看他，而且同所有初次见到他的人一样，感到十分惊奇。唐吉诃德见大家都盯着他，没有一个人说话，就趁别人还没开口，提高嗓门说道：

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“各位大人好，我想对诸位说几句话。我恳求你们让我把话讲完。如果有什么地方冒犯了你们，只要你们稍微有所表示，我就会往我的嘴上贴个封条，把舌头缩回去。”

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大家都说有话请讲，愿意洗耳恭听。这样，唐吉诃德才继续说道：

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“诸位大人，我是个游侠骑士。游侠骑士是个习武行当，他的职责是扶弱济贫。我前几天听说了你们遭遇的不幸，也知道了你们不时同你们的对手发生冲突的原因。关于你们的事情，我已经考虑很久了。按照决斗的规则，如果你们认为自己受了侮辱，那就错了。因为一个人不能侮辱全镇的人，除非他不知道是谁背叛了自己，才把对方的人都一起算上。要说这种例子，只有唐迭戈·奥多涅斯·德拉腊。他不知道只是贝利多·多尔福斯背叛并杀害了国王，所以才侮辱整个萨莫拉的居民，于是全城人都要报仇，都起来反击。当然，唐迭戈大人做得确实有些过分，他所做的已经大大超出了他应该指责的范围。他没有理由侮辱死者，侮辱水，侮辱面包，侮辱那些即将出生的人和其他一些毫不相干的东西。可是愤怒一旦爆发，便一发而不可止，难以遏制。但即使这样，个人也不该侮辱整个王国、省、城市、村镇和全体人民。对于这种侮辱，显然也没有必要去报复，因为这还称不上是侮辱。那些年轻人和粗人总爱起外号，如果‘母钟镇’①的人总是去和如此称呼他们的人厮杀，还有‘管家男’、‘茄子秧’、‘小鲸鱼’、‘大肥皂’等地②的人也都去拼命，那还得了！如果这些人为了一点儿小事就去争斗，打来打去的，那还得了！那可不行！连上帝也不会答应！明智的男人和治理有方的国家只有在四种情况下才会弹上膛，剑出鞘，不惜牺牲个人的生命和财产。这四种情况就是：第一，保卫自己的天主教信仰；第二，保护自己的生命，这是顺理成章的法则；第三，保护自己的名誉、家庭和财产；第四，在正义战争中为国王效劳。如果可以再加个第五条，或者说附加一条，那就是保卫祖国。除了这五条至关重要的原因之外，还有其他一些正当合理的情况，也可以拿起武器。可是为一些枝节小事，为一些与其说是侮辱还不如说是开玩笑的小事舞刀弄枪，就显得有些欠考虑了。况且，进行这些并非正义的报复直接违反了我们所信仰的神圣法则。当然，如果是正义行动，那就谈不上是报复了。神圣法则要我们友好对待我们的敌人，热爱讨厌我们的人。这点虽然有点儿难以做到，但这是那些只注重人世而不尊重上帝、只注重肉体而忽略了精神的人所必须遵守的。耶稣基督是上帝，也是实实在在的人。他从不说谎，过去和现在都不说谎。作为我们的创世者，他说：‘我的轭是软和的，我的担子是轻的。’他并没有要求我们做任何办不到的事。所以诸位大人，你们有义务遵照人类的神圣法则平静下来。”“我的主人简直是神学家，”桑乔这时说，“否则真是活见鬼啦。就算他不是，也同神学家没什么区别。”

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①因为该地区肥皂消费量很大。

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②“管家男”指巴利阿多里德人，“茄子秧”指托莱多人，“水鲸鱼”指马德里人。这几个绰号都曾在当时的滑稽戏里使用。“大肥皂”指塞维利亚人，指塞维利亚的埃斯帕蒂纳镇。当地教堂需配置一个大钟，于是要求塞维利亚省为他们装一个“母钟”，以便以后生出小钟来。

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唐吉诃德停下来喘口气。他见大家仍然盯着他不做声，就想继续说下去，似乎并没有察觉桑乔的尖刻言辞。桑乔见唐吉诃德停住了，立刻把话头接过来，说道：

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“我的主人曼查的唐吉诃德，曾经叫‘猥獕骑士’，现在叫‘狮子骑士’，是一位非常聪明的贵族，精通拉丁文和卡斯蒂利亚语；他无论劝导什么事都是一把好手；对于各种决斗规则，他了如指掌。所以他说什么，你们尽管照办就行了，错了算我的。而且，他刚才说了，没有必要仅仅因为别人学驴叫就发火，我对此也同意。我年轻的时候，想怎么学就怎么学，没有人管我们，而且我学得惟妙惟肖。只要我一叫，全村所有的驴都跟着叫。不过尽管如此，我还是我爹妈的儿子，我爹妈都是很正派的人哩！我这点本领受到我们村几个人的嫉妒，不过我满不在乎。我说的都是真话，不信你们等等，听我叫一下。这种本领就跟游泳一样，一旦学会了，一辈子也忘不了。”

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说完桑乔就用手捏着鼻子，开始学起驴叫来。他的叫声非常响亮，使附近所有的山谷都回荡不已。桑乔身旁的一个人以为桑乔是在嘲笑他们，便举起手里的棍子朝桑乔打去，打得桑乔支持不住，倒在地上。

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唐吉诃德见桑乔遭打，便提起长矛向打桑乔的那个人冲去，可是两人之间隔着许多人，根本够不着那个人。相反，他见石头像雨点儿似的打来，还有许许多多弩和火枪对着他，只好掉转罗西南多，拼命地逃跑，一边跑还一边祈求上帝保佑他脱离危险，唯恐一颗子弹从背后打进，再从前胸穿出来。此外，他还得不时地喘息一下，以便看看自己是否还有气。不过，那些人见唐吉诃德已经逃跑，也就不再扔石头了。他们把桑乔抬到驴上，让他骑着驴随主人而去，当时桑乔刚刚醒过来，还不足以驾驭自己的驴。好在那头驴始终跟着罗西南多，寸步不离。唐吉诃德跑出一段路，回头见没有人追赶，便停下来等桑乔。

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那伙人一直在原地等到天黑，没见对手前来应战，便高高兴兴地回自己的镇子了。如果他们知道古希腊人的习惯，肯定会在那个地方建立一座胜利纪念碑。

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Don Quixote’s bread would not bake, as the common saying is, until he had heard and learned the curious things promised by the man who carried the arms. He went to seek him where the innkeeper said be was and having found him, bade him say now at any rate what he had to say in answer to the question he had asked him on the road. “The tale of my wonders must be taken more leisurely and not standing,” said the man; “let me finish foddering my beast, good sir; and then I’ll tell you things that will astonish you.”

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“Don’t wait for that,” said Don Quixote; “I’ll help you in everything,” and so he did, sifting the barley for him and cleaning out the manger; a degree of humility which made the other feel bound to tell him with a good grace what he had asked; so seating himself on a bench, with Don Quixote beside him, and the cousin, the page, Sancho Panza, and the landlord, for a senate and an audience, he began his story in this way:

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“You must know that in a village four leagues and a half from this inn, it so happened that one of the regidors, by the tricks and roguery of a servant girl of his (it’s too long a tale to tell), lost an ass; and though he did all he possibly could to find it, it was all to no purpose. A fortnight might have gone by, so the story goes, since the ass had been missing, when, as the regidor who had lost it was standing in the plaza, another regidor of the same town said to him, ‘Pay me for good news, gossip; your ass has turned up.’ ‘That I will, and well, gossip,’ said the other; ‘but tell us, where has he turned up?’ ‘In the forest,’ said the finder; ‘I saw him this morning without pack-saddle or harness of any sort, and so lean that it went to one’s heart to see him. I tried to drive him before me and bring him to you, but he is already so wild and shy that when I went near him he made off into the thickest part of the forest. If you have a mind that we two should go back and look for him, let me put up this she-ass at my house and I’ll be back at once.’ ‘You will be doing me a great kindness,’ said the owner of the ass, ‘and I’ll try to pay it back in the same coin.’ It is with all these circumstances, and in the very same way I am telling it now, that those who know all about the matter tell the story. Well then, the two regidors set off on foot, arm in arm, for the forest, and coming to the place where they hoped to find the ass they could not find him, nor was he to be seen anywhere about, search as they might. Seeing, then, that there was no sign of him, the regidor who had seen him said to the other, ‘Look here, gossip; a plan has occurred to me, by which, beyond a doubt, we shall manage to discover the animal, even if he is stowed away in the bowels of the earth, not to say the forest. Here it is. I can bray to perfection, and if you can ever so little, the thing’s as good as done.’ ‘Ever so little did you say, gossip?’ said the other; ‘by God, I’ll not give in to anybody, not even to the asses themselves.’ ‘We’ll soon see,’ said the second regidor, ‘for my plan is that you should go one side of the forest, and I the other, so as to go all round about it; and every now and then you will bray and I will bray; and it cannot be but that the ass will hear us, and answer us if he is in the forest.’ To which the owner of the ass replied, ‘It’s an excellent plan, I declare, gossip, and worthy of your great genius;’ and the two separating as agreed, it so fell out that they brayed almost at the same moment, and each, deceived by the braying of the other, ran to look, fancying the ass had turned up at last. When they came in sight of one another, said the loser, ‘Is it possible, gossip, that it was not my ass that brayed?’ ‘No, it was I,’ said the other. ‘Well then, I can tell you, gossip,’ said the ass’s owner, ‘that between you and an ass there is not an atom of difference as far as braying goes, for I never in all my life saw or heard anything more natural.’ ‘Those praises and compliments belong to you more justly than to me, gossip,’ said the inventor of the plan; ‘for, by the God that made me, you might give a couple of brays odds to the best and most finished brayer in the world; the tone you have got is deep, your voice is well kept up as to time and pitch, and your finishing notes come thick and fast; in fact, I own myself beaten, and yield the palm to you, and give in to you in this rare accomplishment.’ ‘Well then,’ said the owner, ‘I’ll set a higher value on myself for the future, and consider that I know something, as I have an excellence of some sort; for though I always thought I brayed well, I never supposed I came up to the pitch of perfection you say.’ ‘And I say too,’ said the second, ‘that there are rare gifts going to loss in the world, and that they are ill bestowed upon those who don’t know how to make use of them.’ ‘Ours,’ said the owner of the ass, ‘unless it is in cases like this we have now in hand, cannot be of any service to us, and even in this God grant they may be of some use.’ So saying they separated, and took to their braying once more, but every instant they were deceiving one another, and coming to meet one another again, until they arranged by way of countersign, so as to know that it was they and not the ass, to give two brays, one after the other. In this way, doubling the brays at every step, they made the complete circuit of the forest, but the lost ass never gave them an answer or even the sign of one. How could the poor ill-starred brute have answered, when, in the thickest part of the forest, they found him devoured by wolves? As soon as he saw him his owner said, ‘I was wondering he did not answer, for if he wasn’t dead he’d have brayed when he heard us, or he’d have been no ass; but for the sake of having heard you bray to such perfection, gossip, I count the trouble I have taken to look for him well bestowed, even though I have found him dead.’ ‘It’s in a good hand, gossip,’ said the other; ‘if the abbot sings well, the acolyte is not much behind him.’ So they returned disconsolate and hoarse to their village, where they told their friends, neighbours, and acquaintances what had befallen them in their search for the ass, each crying up the other’s perfection in braying. The whole story came to be known and spread abroad through the villages of the neighbourhood; and the devil, who never sleeps, with his love for sowing dissensions and scattering discord everywhere, blowing mischief about and making quarrels out of nothing, contrived to make the people of the other towns fall to braying whenever they saw anyone from our village, as if to throw the braying of our regidors in our teeth. Then the boys took to it, which was the same thing for it as getting into the hands and mouths of all the devils of hell; and braying spread from one town to another in such a way that the men of the braying town are as easy to be known as blacks are to be known from whites, and the unlucky joke has gone so far that several times the scoffed have come out in arms and in a body to do battle with the scoffers, and neither king nor rook, fear nor shame, can mend matters. To-morrow or the day after, I believe, the men of my town, that is, of the braying town, are going to take the field against another village two leagues away from ours, one of those that persecute us most; and that we may turn out well prepared I have bought these lances and halberds you have seen. These are the curious things I told you I had to tell, and if you don’t think them so, I have got no others;” and with this the worthy fellow brought his story to a close.

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Just at this moment there came in at the gate of the inn a man entirely clad in chamois leather, hose, breeches, and doublet, who said in a loud voice, “Senor host, have you room? Here’s the divining ape and the show of the Release of Melisendra just coming.”

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“Ods body!” said the landlord, “why, it’s Master Pedro! We’re in for a grand night!” I forgot to mention that the said Master Pedro had his left eye and nearly half his cheek covered with a patch of green taffety, showing that something ailed all that side. “Your worship is welcome, Master Pedro,” continued the landlord; “but where are the ape and the show, for I don’t see them?” “They are close at hand,” said he in the chamois leather, “but I came on first to know if there was any room.” “I’d make the Duke of Alva himself clear out to make room for Master Pedro,” said the landlord; “bring in the ape and the show; there’s company in the inn to-night that will pay to see that and the cleverness of the ape.” “So be it by all means,” said the man with the patch; “I’ll lower the price, and he well satisfied if I only pay my expenses; and now I’ll go back and hurry on the cart with the ape and the show;” and with this he went out of the inn.

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Don Quixote at once asked the landlord what this Master Pedro was, and what was the show and what was the ape he had with him; which the landlord replied, “This is a famous puppet-showman, who for some time past has been going about this Mancha de Aragon, exhibiting a show of the release of Melisendra by the famous Don Gaiferos, one of the best and best-represented stories that have been seen in this part of the kingdom for many a year; he has also with him an ape with the most extraordinary gift ever seen in an ape or imagined in a human being; for if you ask him anything, he listens attentively to the question, and then jumps on his master’s shoulder, and pressing close to his ear tells him the answer which Master Pedro then delivers. He says a great deal more about things past than about things to come; and though he does not always hit the truth in every case, most times he is not far wrong, so that he makes us fancy he has got the devil in him. He gets two reals for every question if the ape answers; I mean if his master answers for him after he has whispered into his ear; and so it is believed that this same Master Pedro is very rich. He is a ‘gallant man’ as they say in Italy, and good company, and leads the finest life in the world; talks more than six, drinks more than a dozen, and all by his tongue, and his ape, and his show.”

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Master Pedro now came back, and in a cart followed the show and the ape — a big one, without a tail and with buttocks as bare as felt, but not vicious-looking. As soon as Don Quixote saw him, he asked him, “Can you tell me, sir fortune-teller, what fish do we catch, and how will it be with us? See, here are my two reals,” and he bade Sancho give them to Master Pedro; but he answered for the ape and said, “Senor, this animal does not give any answer or information touching things that are to come; of things past he knows something, and more or less of things present.”

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“Gad,” said Sancho, “I would not give a farthing to be told what’s past with me, for who knows that better than I do myself? And to pay for being told what I know would be mighty foolish. But as you know things present, here are my two reals, and tell me, most excellent sir ape, what is my wife Teresa Panza doing now, and what is she diverting herself with?”

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Master Pedro refused to take the money, saying, “I will not receive payment in advance or until the service has been first rendered;” and then with his right hand he gave a couple of slaps on his left shoulder, and with one spring the ape perched himself upon it, and putting his mouth to his master’s ear began chattering his teeth rapidly; and having kept this up as long as one would be saying a credo, with another spring he brought himself to the ground, and the same instant Master Pedro ran in great haste and fell upon his knees before Don Quixote, and embracing his legs exclaimed, “These legs do I embrace as I would embrace the two pillars of Hercules, O illustrious reviver of knight-errantry, so long consigned to oblivion! O never yet duly extolled knight, Don Quixote of La Mancha, courage of the faint-hearted, prop of the tottering, arm of the fallen, staff and counsel of all who are unfortunate!”

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Don Quixote was thunderstruck, Sancho astounded, the cousin staggered, the page astonished, the man from the braying town agape, the landlord in perplexity, and, in short, everyone amazed at the words of the puppet-showman, who went on to say, “And thou, worthy Sancho Panza, the best squire and squire to the best knight in the world! Be of good cheer, for thy good wife Teresa is well, and she is at this moment hackling a pound of flax; and more by token she has at her left hand a jug with a broken spout that holds a good drop of wine, with which she solaces herself at her work.”

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“That I can well believe,” said Sancho. “She is a lucky one, and if it was not for her jealousy I would not change her for the giantess Andandona, who by my master’s account was a very clever and worthy woman; my Teresa is one of those that won’t let themselves want for anything, though their heirs may have to pay for it.”

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“Now I declare,” said Don Quixote, “he who reads much and travels much sees and knows a great deal. I say so because what amount of persuasion could have persuaded me that there are apes in the world that can divine as I have seen now with my own eyes? For I am that very Don Quixote of La Mancha this worthy animal refers to, though he has gone rather too far in my praise; but whatever I may be, I thank heaven that it has endowed me with a tender and compassionate heart, always disposed to do good to all and harm to none.”

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“If I had money,” said the page, “I would ask senor ape what will happen me in the peregrination I am making.”

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To this Master Pedro, who had by this time risen from Don Quixote’s feet, replied, “I have already said that this little beast gives no answer as to the future; but if he did, not having money would be of no consequence, for to oblige Senor Don Quixote, here present, I would give up all the profits in the world. And now, because I have promised it, and to afford him pleasure, I will set up my show and offer entertainment to all who are in the inn, without any charge whatever.” As soon as he heard this, the landlord, delighted beyond measure, pointed out a place where the show might be fixed, which was done at once.

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Don Quixote was not very well satisfied with the divinations of the ape, as he did not think it proper that an ape should divine anything, either past or future; so while Master Pedro was arranging the show, he retired with Sancho into a corner of the stable, where, without being overheard by anyone, he said to him, “Look here, Sancho, I have been seriously thinking over this ape’s extraordinary gift, and have come to the conclusion that beyond doubt this Master Pedro, his master, has a pact, tacit or express, with the devil.”

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“If the packet is express from the devil,” said Sancho, “it must be a very dirty packet no doubt; but what good can it do Master Pedro to have such packets?”

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“Thou dost not understand me, Sancho,” said Don Quixote; “I only mean he must have made some compact with the devil to infuse this power into the ape, that he may get his living, and after he has grown rich he will give him his soul, which is what the enemy of mankind wants; this I am led to believe by observing that the ape only answers about things past or present, and the devil’s knowledge extends no further; for the future he knows only by guesswork, and that not always; for it is reserved for God alone to know the times and the seasons, and for him there is neither past nor future; all is present. This being as it is, it is clear that this ape speaks by the spirit of the devil; and I am astonished they have not denounced him to the Holy Office, and put him to the question, and forced it out of him by whose virtue it is that he divines; because it is certain this ape is not an astrologer; neither his master nor he sets up, or knows how to set up, those figures they call judiciary, which are now so common in Spain that there is not a jade, or page, or old cobbler, that will not undertake to set up a figure as readily as pick up a knave of cards from the ground, bringing to nought the marvellous truth of the science by their lies and ignorance. I know of a lady who asked one of these figure schemers whether her little lap-dog would be in pup and would breed, and how many and of what colour the little pups would be. To which senor astrologer, after having set up his figure, made answer that the bitch would be in pup, and would drop three pups, one green, another bright red, and the third parti-coloured, provided she conceived between eleven and twelve either of the day or night, and on a Monday or Saturday; but as things turned out, two days after this the bitch died of a surfeit, and senor planet-ruler had the credit all over the place of being a most profound astrologer, as most of these planet-rulers have.”

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“Still,” said Sancho, “I would be glad if your worship would make Master Pedro ask his ape whether what happened your worship in the cave of Montesinos is true; for, begging your worship’s pardon, I, for my part, take it to have been all flam and lies, or at any rate something you dreamt.”

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“That may be,” replied Don Quixote; “however, I will do what you suggest; though I have my own scruples about it.”

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At this point Master Pedro came up in quest of Don Quixote, to tell him the show was now ready and to come and see it, for it was worth seeing. Don Quixote explained his wish, and begged him to ask his ape at once to tell him whether certain things which had happened to him in the cave of Montesinos were dreams or realities, for to him they appeared to partake of both. Upon this Master Pedro, without answering, went back to fetch the ape, and, having placed it in front of Don Quixote and Sancho, said: “See here, senor ape, this gentleman wishes to know whether certain things which happened to him in the cave called the cave of Montesinos were false or true.” On his making the usual sign the ape mounted on his left shoulder and seemed to whisper in his ear, and Master Pedro said at once, “The ape says that the things you saw or that happened to you in that cave are, part of them false, part true; and that he only knows this and no more as regards this question; but if your worship wishes to know more, on Friday next he will answer all that may be asked him, for his virtue is at present exhausted, and will not return to him till Friday, as he has said.”

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“Did I not say, senor,” said Sancho, “that I could not bring myself to believe that all your worship said about the adventures in the cave was true, or even the half of it?”

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“The course of events will tell, Sancho,” replied Don Quixote; “time, that discloses all things, leaves nothing that it does not drag into the light of day, though it be buried in the bosom of the earth. But enough of that for the present; let us go and see Master Pedro’s show, for I am sure there must be something novel in it.”

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“Something!” said Master Pedro; “this show of mine has sixty thousand novel things in it; let me tell you, Senor Don Quixote, it is one of the best-worth-seeing things in the world this day; but operibus credite et non verbis, and now let’s get to work, for it is growing late, and we have a great deal to do and to say and show.”

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Don Quixote and Sancho obeyed him and went to where the show was already put up and uncovered, set all around with lighted wax tapers which made it look splendid and bright. When they came to it Master Pedro ensconced himself inside it, for it was he who had to work the puppets, and a boy, a servant of his, posted himself outside to act as showman and explain the mysteries of the exhibition, having a wand in his hand to point to the figures as they came out. And so, all who were in the inn being arranged in front of the show, some of them standing, and Don Quixote, Sancho, the page, and cousin, accommodated with the best places, the interpreter began to say what he will hear or see who reads or hears the next chapter.

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