OFTHESECONDSALLYOFOURWORTHYKNIGHTDONQUIXOTEOFLAMANCHA
AtthisinstantDonQuixotebeganshoutingout, "Here, here, valiantknights! hereisneedforyoutoputforththemightofyourstrongarms, fortheyoftheCourtaregainingthemasteryinthetourney!" Calledawaybythisnoiseandoutcry, theyproceedednofartherwiththescrutinyoftheremainingbooks, andsoitisthoughtthat "TheCarolea," "TheLionofSpain," and "TheDeedsoftheEmperor," writtenbyDonLuisdeAvila, wenttothefireunseenandunheard; fornodoubttheywereamongthosethatremained, andperhapsifthecuratehadseenthemtheywouldnothaveundergonesosevereasentence.
WhentheyreachedDonQuixotehewasalreadyoutofbed, andwasstillshoutingandraving, andslashingandcuttingallround, aswideawakeasifhehadneverslept.
Theyclosedwithhimandbyforcegothimbacktobed, andwhenhehadbecomealittlecalm, addressingthecurate, hesaidtohim, "Ofatruth, SenorArchbishopTurpin, itisagreatdisgraceforuswhocallourselvestheTwelvePeers, socarelesslytoallowtheknightsoftheCourttogainthevictoryinthistourney, wetheadventurershavingcarriedoffthehonouronthethreeformerdays."
"Hush, gossip," saidthecurate; "pleaseGod, theluckmayturn, andwhatislostto-daymaybewontomorrow; forthepresentletyourworshiphaveacareofyourhealth, foritseemstomethatyouareoverfatigued, ifnotbadlywounded."
"Woundedno," saidDonQuixote, "butbruisedandbatterednodoubt, forthatbastardDonRolandhascudgelledmewiththetrunkofanoaktree, andallforenvy, , forthat, Ifeel, iswhatwillbemoretomypurpose, andleaveittometoavengemyself."
