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堂吉诃德|Don Quixote

Part 2 第40章|Part 2 Chapter 38

属类： 双语小说 【分类】世界名著 -[作者: 塞万提斯] 阅读：[44452]
《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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所有喜欢这个故事的人真应该感谢原作者锡德·哈迈德，他事无巨细地向我们介绍了故事的每一个细节。他向我们刻画了人物的思想，揭示了人物的想象力，道出了隐情，解开了疑团，分析了情节，总之，把人们想知道的每一点细微的东西都做了交代。噢，杰出的作者！幸运的唐吉诃德！大出风头的杜尔西内亚！滑稽的桑乔·潘萨！这些人一个个都将千秋万代地为生活带来笑谈。

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故事说，桑乔看见忧伤妇人昏了过去，就说：

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“我凭着一个正直人的信仰，凭着潘萨家族的历代祖先发誓，这种事我从未听过也从未见过，我的主人也从没有对我讲过，甚至他连想也没有想到过会有这种事。见你的鬼去吧，你这个魔法师巨人马兰布鲁诺！你除了让她们满脸长满胡须外，就没有别的办法来惩治这些娘儿们吗？怎么搞的！你把她们的下半个鼻子割掉岂不更好？尽管以后她们说起话来会瓮声瓮气，可那对她们岂不是更合适吗？我敢打赌，她们连剃胡须的钱也没有。”

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“是的，大人，”一个女仆说，“我们没钱剃胡须，所以我们有的人采用了一个省钱的办法，把膏药贴在脸上，然后猛地揭下来，这样脸上就像磨盘一样平滑了。虽然在坎达亚专有女人挨家串户为人去汗毛、纹眉毛或者兜售妇女化妆品，可是我们从来不让她们进门，因为这种人以前都是卖身的，现在又来拉皮条。如果唐吉诃德大人不能帮助我们，我们就得带着胡子进坟墓了。”

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“我若是不能帮助你们，”唐吉诃德说，“我就到摩尔人那儿去把我的胡子揪掉。”

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此时“三摆裙夫人”也苏醒过来，说道：

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“英勇的骑士，我在昏迷中听到了你的诺言，于是我就苏醒过来了。现在我再次请求你，著名的游侠骑士和战无不胜的大人，你一定不要食言啊。”

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“我决不会食言，”唐吉诃德说，“夫人，您看我现在应该怎么办呢？我现在随时听候您的吩咐。”

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“现在的情况是，”忧伤妇人说，“从这儿到坎达亚王国，如果从陆地走，距离有五千西里，多少不会相差两西里地；如果从空中走直线，就只有三千二百二十七西里。我还应该告诉你们，马兰布鲁诺对我说，如果我有幸找到了能帮我解脱魔法的骑士，他就送给那位骑士一匹马。那匹马比租来的马只好不坏，是英勇的彼雷斯夺回美丽的马加洛娜时骑的木马。木马靠额头上的一个当辔头用的销子操纵，飞起来特别轻盈，像是见了鬼。按照以前的传说，这匹马是魔法师梅尔林组装的，后来借给了他的朋友彼雷斯。彼雷斯就骑着它到处周游，并且像刚才说的，骑着它夺回了美丽的马加洛娜。彼雷斯用马的臀部驮着马加洛娜在空中飞行，当时看见他们的人无不目瞪口呆。梅尔林只把马借给他喜欢的人或是能出大价钱的人。自从伟大的彼雷斯那次骑马之后到现在，我们还没听说有谁骑过那匹马呢。马兰布鲁诺靠他的手腕把马弄了出来，霸占了它，并且骑着它到处奔波。他去过世界上许多地方，今天在这儿，明天就到了法兰西，后天又到了波多西。妙就妙在这匹马不吃不睡也不用马蹄铁，没有翅膀却能疾步如飞，而且走得非常稳，骑马的人可以手里平端满满一杯水，水一点儿也不会洒出来。所以，美人马加洛娜骑上这匹马时很高兴。”

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桑乔这时说道：

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“要说走得稳，还得数我那头驴。它虽然不能在空中飞，只是在地上走，我却敢说世界上的任何马都跑不过它。”

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大家都笑了。忧伤妇人又接着说道：

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“如果马兰布鲁诺想结束我们的不幸，他就会在午夜之前把这匹马送到我们面前，这是个信号。他若是把马送来，我马上就知道我已经找到了我要找的骑士。”

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“那匹马能够载几个人？”桑乔问。

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忧伤妇人回答道：

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“两个人，一个骑在马鞍上，另一人骑在鞍后。如果没有夺来的女人的话，两个人通常是一个骑士和一个侍从。”

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“忧伤妇人，”桑乔说，“我想知道那匹马叫什么名字？”

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“它并不像贝来罗丰特的马那样叫佩加索，”忧伤妇人说，“也不像亚历山大的马那样叫布塞法罗，不像疯狂的罗兰的马那样叫布里利亚多罗，更不叫巴亚尔特，那是雷纳尔多斯·德蒙塔尔万的马；它不像鲁赫罗的马那样叫弗朗蒂诺，也不叫布特斯或佩里托亚，据说那是索尔的马；它也不叫奥雷利亚，哥特人倒霉的末代国王罗德里戈就是骑着那匹马参战，结果丧命亡国的。”

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“我敢打赌，”桑乔说，“既然那么多名马的响亮名字它都不用，它肯定也不会采用我主人那匹马的名字罗西南多，而这个名字显然比所有马的名字都强。”

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“是的，”忧伤妇人说，“不过这匹马的名字也起得很合适。它叫‘轻木销’，因为它是用木头做的，额头上有个销子，而且跑得飞快。论名字，它完全可以同驰名的罗西南多比美。”

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“名字倒不错，”桑乔说，“可是用什么样的缰辔来驾驭它呢？”

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“我刚才说过了，”三摆裙夫人说，“就靠那个销子。骑马的人把销子往这边或那边拧，就可以任意操纵它，或者让它腾云驾雾，或者让它掠地飞翔，或者不高不低，这是最好的，办事要有条理就得这样。”

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“我倒想见见这匹马，”桑乔说，“不过，若想让我骑到它的鞍子上或屁股上去，那可别指望。我骑驴时要坐在比丝绵还软的驮鞍上，才勉强能走稳，现在要我骑在木马的硬屁股上，什么垫子都没有，那怎么行呢！我可不愿为了去掉别人脸上的胡须而让自己受罪。谁觉得合适谁就去做，我可不想陪我的主人跑那么远，况且，这不像使我的女主人杜尔西内亚解脱魔法，根本用不着我去管什么去掉胡须的闲事。”

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“用得着，”三摆裙夫人说，“而且你应该管。我觉得若是没有你，我们什么事情也做不成。”

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“我的天啊！”桑乔说，“主人征险同侍从有什么相干呀？他们征险成功，获得美名，却要我们去吃苦受罪，这像什么话！如果骑士小说的作者写上‘某某骑士完成了什么征险，但这是在他的侍从某某的帮助下完成的，没有侍从的帮助，骑士根本不可能完成这次征险’……那倒也成。可书上只是干巴巴地写：‘三星骑士唐帕拉里波梅农完成了某次征险，降伏了六个妖怪。’却只字不提侍从，好像世界上根本就没有侍从似的，其实，侍从一直跟随在左右嘛！各位大人，我现在再说一遍，让我的主人只身前往吧，他一定会马到成功。我要留在这里陪伴我的女主人公爵夫人。很可能在我的主人回来时，杜尔西内亚夫人的事情已大有好转了。我宁愿在这里抽空打自己一顿鞭子，把自己打得浑身是伤。”

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“即使这样，如果有必要，你还是得陪你的主人去，好桑乔，这么多的好人都在求你呢。不能仅仅因为你害怕，就让这些女仆永远满脸胡须，那可是件丢人的事。”

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“我还得再喊一遍我的天啊！”桑乔说，“如果是为一些幽居的女人或慈善堂的女孩做善事，那么男子汉作出冒险牺牲或许还值得；可如果是为了去掉女仆脸上的胡须而受罪，那就太冤枉了！我倒宁愿看到，从老太太到小姑娘，从娇声娇气到白皮嫩肉的，一个个都长上胡须！”

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“你对女仆们太过分了，桑乔朋友。”公爵夫人说，“你太偏信药剂师的话了。你肯定是错了。我家有的女仆可以说是女仆的楷模。我身边这位唐娜罗德里格斯就无可挑剔。”

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“随您怎么说，”唐娜罗德里格斯说，“上帝反正会判明是非。无论我们好还是不好，长胡须还是不长胡须，都像其他女人一样是从娘肚子里出来的，上帝既然让我们来到这个世界上，就知道该如何安排我们。我只接受上帝的怜悯，不接受什么胡须！”

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“行了，唐娜罗德里格斯夫人、三摆裙夫人以及其他各位，”唐吉诃德说，“我希望老天会怜惜你们的痛苦，桑乔也会按照我的吩咐去做。只要‘轻木销’一到，我就与马兰布鲁诺交手，准能去掉你们脸上的胡须，用快刀把马兰布鲁诺的脑袋从他的肩膀上砍下来。上帝有时会让好人受苦，可是并不永远如此。”

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“啊！”忧伤妇人说道，“让天上所有的星星都用温和的目光看着您吧，英勇的骑士，让它们给您以运气和勇气，来保护这些被人唾弃的女仆吧。药剂师憎恶她们，侍从议论她们，侍童也欺骗她们。她们年轻时没做修女却当了女仆，真是邪了门，活该受罪！我们这些倒霉的女仆，即使是特洛伊王子赫克托的直系后代，也还是要被我们的女主人以‘你’相称，也许这样她们就觉得自己是女王了。啊，巨人马兰布鲁诺啊，你虽然是魔法师，却言而有信，赶紧派那举世无双的‘轻木销’来吧，快来结束我们的不幸吧！假如天气热了，我们仍长着胡子，那可就糟了！”

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三摆裙夫人这番伤心之言使所有在场的人都流下了眼泪，连桑乔也不例外。他心想，若能除去这些令人尊敬的脸庞上的胡须，即使陪主人走到天涯海角，他也心甘情愿。

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Following the melancholy musicians there filed into the garden as many as twelve duennas, in two lines, all dressed in ample mourning robes apparently of milled serge, with hoods of fine white gauze so long that they allowed only the border of the robe to be seen. Behind them came the countess Trifaldi, the squire Trifaldin of the White Beard leading her by the hand, clad in the finest unnapped black baize, such that, had it a nap, every tuft would have shown as big as a Martos chickpea; the tail, or skirt, or whatever it might be called, ended in three points which were borne up by the hands of three pages, likewise dressed in mourning, forming an elegant geometrical figure with the three acute angles made by the three points, from which all who saw the peaked skirt concluded that it must be because of it the countess was called Trifaldi, as though it were Countess of the Three Skirts; and Benengeli says it was so, and that by her right name she was called the Countess Lobuna, because wolves bred in great numbers in her country; and if, instead of wolves, they had been foxes, she would have been called the Countess Zorruna, as it was the custom in those parts for lords to take distinctive titles from the thing or things most abundant in their dominions; this countess, however, in honour of the new fashion of her skirt, dropped Lobuna and took up Trifaldi.

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The twelve duennas and the lady came on at procession pace, their faces being covered with black veils, not transparent ones like Trifaldin’s , but so close that they allowed nothing to be seen through them. As soon as the band of duennas was fully in sight, the duke, the duchess, and Don Quixote stood up, as well as all who were watching the slow-moving procession. The twelve duennas halted and formed a lane, along which the Distressed One advanced, Trifaldin still holding her hand. On seeing this the duke, the duchess, and Don Quixote went some twelve paces forward to meet her. She then, kneeling on the ground, said in a voice hoarse and rough, rather than fine and delicate, “May it please your highnesses not to offer such courtesies to this your servant, I should say to this your handmaid, for I am in such distress that I shall never be able to make a proper return, because my strange and unparalleled misfortune has carried off my wits, and I know not whither; but it must be a long way off, for the more I look for them the less I find them.”

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“He would be wanting in wits, senora countess,” said the duke, “who did not perceive your worth by your person, for at a glance it may be seen it deserves all the cream of courtesy and flower of polite usage;” and raising her up by the hand he led her to a seat beside the duchess, who likewise received her with great urbanity. Don Quixote remained silent, while Sancho was dying to see the features of Trifaldi and one or two of her many duennas; but there was no possibility of it until they themselves displayed them of their own accord and free will.

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All kept still, waiting to see who would break silence, which the Distressed Duenna did in these words: “I am confident, most mighty lord, most fair lady, and most discreet company, that my most miserable misery will be accorded a reception no less dispassionate than generous and condolent in your most valiant bosoms, for it is one that is enough to melt marble, soften diamonds, and mollify the steel of the most hardened hearts in the world; but ere it is proclaimed to your hearing, not to say your ears, I would fain be enlightened whether there be present in this society, circle, or company, that knight immaculatissimus, Don Quixote de la Manchissima, and his squirissimus Panza.”

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“The Panza is here,” said Sancho, before anyone could reply, “and Don Quixotissimus too; and so, most distressedest Duenissima, you may say what you willissimus, for we are all readissimus to do you any servissimus.”

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On this Don Quixote rose, and addressing the Distressed Duenna, said, “If your sorrows, afflicted lady, can indulge in any hope of relief from the valour or might of any knight-errant, here are mine, which, feeble and limited though they be, shall be entirely devoted to your service. I am Don Quixote of La Mancha, whose calling it is to give aid to the needy of all sorts; and that being so, it is not necessary for you, senora, to make any appeal to benevolence, or deal in preambles, only to tell your woes plainly and straightforwardly: for you have hearers that will know how, if not to remedy them, to sympathise with them.”

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On hearing this, the Distressed Duenna made as though she would throw herself at Don Quixote’s feet, and actually did fall before them and said, as she strove to embrace them, “Before these feet and legs I cast myself, O unconquered knight, as before, what they are, the foundations and pillars of knight-errantry; these feet I desire to kiss, for upon their steps hangs and depends the sole remedy for my misfortune, O valorous errant, whose veritable achievements leave behind and eclipse the fabulous ones of the Amadises, Esplandians, and Belianises!” Then turning from Don Quixote to Sancho Panza, and grasping his hands, she said, “O thou, most loyal squire that ever served knight-errant in this present age or ages past, whose goodness is more extensive than the beard of Trifaldin my companion here of present, well mayest thou boast thyself that, in serving the great Don Quixote, thou art serving, summed up in one, the whole host of knights that have ever borne arms in the world. I conjure thee, by what thou owest to thy most loyal goodness, that thou wilt become my kind intercessor with thy master, that he speedily give aid to this most humble and most unfortunate countess.”

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To this Sancho made answer, “As to my goodness, senora, being as long and as great as your squire’s beard, it matters very little to me; may I have my soul well bearded and moustached when it comes to quit this life, that’s the point; about beards here below I care little or nothing; but without all these blandishments and prayers, I will beg my master (for I know he loves me, and, besides, he has need of me just now for a certain business) to help and aid your worship as far as he can; unpack your woes and lay them before us, and leave us to deal with them, for we’ll be all of one mind.”

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The duke and duchess, as it was they who had made the experiment of this adventure, were ready to burst with laughter at all this, and between themselves they commended the clever acting of the Trifaldi, who, returning to her seat, said, “Queen Dona Maguncia reigned over the famous kingdom of Kandy, which lies between the great Trapobana and the Southern Sea, two leagues beyond Cape Comorin. She was the widow of King Archipiela, her lord and husband, and of their marriage they had issue the Princess Antonomasia, heiress of the kingdom; which Princess Antonomasia was reared and brought up under my care and direction, I being the oldest and highest in rank of her mother’s duennas. Time passed, and the young Antonomasia reached the age of fourteen, and such a perfection of beauty, that nature could not raise it higher. Then, it must not be supposed her intelligence was childish; she was as intelligent as she was fair, and she was fairer than all the world; and is so still, unless the envious fates and hard-hearted sisters three have cut for her the thread of life. But that they have not, for Heaven will not suffer so great a wrong to Earth, as it would be to pluck unripe the grapes of the fairest vineyard on its surface. Of this beauty, to which my poor feeble tongue has failed to do justice, countless princes, not only of that country, but of others, were enamoured, and among them a private gentleman, who was at the court, dared to raise his thoughts to the heaven of so great beauty, trusting to his youth, his gallant bearing, his numerous accomplishments and graces, and his quickness and readiness of wit; for I may tell your highnesses, if I am not wearying you, that he played the guitar so as to make it speak, and he was, besides, a poet and a great dancer, and he could make birdcages so well, that by making them alone he might have gained a livelihood, had he found himself reduced to utter poverty; and gifts and graces of this kind are enough to bring down a mountain, not to say a tender young girl. But all his gallantry, wit, and gaiety, all his graces and accomplishments, would have been of little or no avail towards gaining the fortress of my pupil, had not the impudent thief taken the precaution of gaining me over first. First, the villain and heartless vagabond sought to win my good-will and purchase my compliance, so as to get me, like a treacherous warder, to deliver up to him the keys of the fortress I had in charge. In a word, he gained an influence over my mind, and overcame my resolutions with I know not what trinkets and jewels he gave me; but it was some verses I heard him singing one night from a grating that opened on the street where he lived, that, more than anything else, made me give way and led to my fall; and if I remember rightly they ran thus: From that sweet enemy of mine My bleeding heart hath had its wound; And to increase the pain I’m bound To suffer and to make no sign.

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The lines seemed pearls to me and his voice sweet as syrup; and afterwards, I may say ever since then, looking at the misfortune into which I have fallen, I have thought that poets, as Plato advised, ought to he banished from all well-ordered States; at least the amatory ones, for they write verses, not like those of ‘The Marquis of Mantua,’ that delight and draw tears from the women and children, but sharp-pointed conceits that pierce the heart like soft thorns, and like the lightning strike it, leaving the raiment uninjured. Another time he sang: Come Death, so subtly veiled that I Thy coming know not, how or when, Lest it should give me life again To find how sweet it is to die.

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— and other verses and burdens of the same sort, such as enchant when sung and fascinate when written. And then, when they condescend to compose a sort of verse that was at that time in vogue in Kandy, which they call seguidillas! Then it is that hearts leap and laughter breaks forth, and the body grows restless and all the senses turn quicksilver. And so I say, sirs, that these troubadours richly deserve to be banished to the isles of the lizards. Though it is not they that are in fault, but the simpletons that extol them, and the fools that believe in them; and had I been the faithful duenna I should have been, his stale conceits would have never moved me, nor should I have been taken in by such phrases as ‘in death I live,’ ‘in ice I burn,’ ‘in flames I shiver,’ ‘hopeless I hope,’ ‘I go and stay,’ and paradoxes of that sort which their writings are full of. And then when they promise the Phoenix of Arabia, the crown of Ariadne, the horses of the Sun, the pearls of the South, the gold of Tibar, and the balsam of Panchaia! Then it is they give a loose to their pens, for it costs them little to make promises they have no intention or power of fulfilling. But where am I wandering to? Woe is me, unfortunate being! What madness or folly leads me to speak of the faults of others, when there is so much to be said about my own? Again, woe is me, hapless that I am! it was not verses that conquered me, but my own simplicity; it was not music made me yield, but my own imprudence; my own great ignorance and little caution opened the way and cleared the path for Don Clavijo’s advances, for that was the name of the gentleman I have referred to; and so, with my help as go-between, he found his way many a time into the chamber of the deceived Antonomasia (deceived not by him but by me) under the title of a lawful husband; for, sinner though I was, would not have allowed him to approach the edge of her shoe-sole without being her husband. No, no, not that; marriage must come first in any business of this sort that I take in hand. But there was one hitch in this case, which was that of inequality of rank, Don Clavijo being a private gentleman, and the Princess Antonomasia, as I said, heiress to the kingdom. The entanglement remained for some time a secret, kept hidden by my cunning precautions, until I perceived that a certain expansion of waist in Antonomasia must before long disclose it, the dread of which made us all there take counsel together, and it was agreed that before the mischief came to light, Don Clavijo should demand Antonomasia as his wife before the Vicar, in virtue of an agreement to marry him made by the princess, and drafted by my wit in such binding terms that the might of Samson could not have broken it. The necessary steps were taken; the Vicar saw the agreement, and took the lady’s confession; she confessed everything in full, and he ordered her into the custody of a very worthy alguacil of the court.”

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“Are there alguacils of the court in Kandy, too,” said Sancho at this, “and poets, and seguidillas? I swear I think the world is the same all over! But make haste, Senora Trifaldi; for it is late, and I am dying to know the end of this long story.”

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“I will,” replied the countess.

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