INWHICHISENDEDTHESTORYOFTHESHEPHERDESSMARCELA, WITHOTHERINCIDENTS
Bithardlyhaddaybeguntoshowitselfthroughthebalconiesoftheeast, , whodesirednothingbetter, roseandorderedSanchotosaddleandpannelatonce, whichhedidwithalldespatch, , andalongwiththemtherecametwomenofqualityonhorsebackinhandsometravellingdress, , andinquiringoneoftheotherwhichwayeachpartywasgoing, theylearnedthatallwereboundforthesceneoftheburial, sotheywentonalltogether.
Oneofthoseonhorsebackaddressinghiscompanionsaidtohim, "Itseemstome, SenorVivaldo, thatwemayreckonaswellspentthedelayweshallincurinseeingthisremarkablefuneral, forremarkableitcannotbutbejudgingbythestrangethingstheseshepherdshavetoldus, ofboththedeadshepherdandhomicideshepherdess."
"SoIthinktoo," repliedVivaldo, "andIwoulddelaynottosayaday, butfour, forthesakeofseeingit."
, andseeingthemdressedinthismournfulfashiontheyhadaskedthemthereasonoftheirappearinginsuchaguise; whichoneofthemgave, describingthestrangebehaviourandbeautyofashepherdesscalledMarcela, andthelovesofmanywhocourtedher, , herepeatedallthatPedrohadrelatedtoDonQuixote.
Thisconversationdropped, , "Thepursuitofmycallingdoesnotalloworpermitmetogoinanyotherfashion; easylife, enjoyment, andreposewereinventedforsoftcourtiers, buttoil, unrest, andarmswereinventedandmadeforthosealonewhomtheworldcallsknightserrant, ofwhomI, thoughunworthy, amtheleastofall."
