Inshort, thecurateusedsucharguments, andDonQuixotedidsuchmadthings, thattheofficerswouldhavebeenmoremadthanhewasiftheyhadnotperceivedhiswantofwits, andsotheythoughtitbesttoallowthemselvestobepacified, andeventoactaspeacemakersbetweenthebarberandSanchoPanza, , asofficersofjustice, settledthequestionbyarbitrationinsuchamannerthatbothsideswere, ifnotperfectlycontented, atleasttosomeextentsatisfied; fortheychangedthepack-saddles, butnotthegirthsorhead-stalls; andastoMambrino'shelmet, thecurate, undertheroseandwithoutDonQuixote'sknowingit, paideightrealsforthebasin, andthebarberexecutedafullreceiptandengagementtomakenofurtherdemandthenorthenceforthforevermore, , whichwerethemostimportantandgravest, beingsettled, itonlyremainedfortheservantsofDonLuistoconsentthatthreeofthemshouldreturnwhileonewaslefttoaccompanyhimwhitherDonFernandodesiredtotakehim; andgoodluckandbetterfortune, havingalreadybeguntosolvedifficultiesandremoveobstructionsinfavouroftheloversandwarriorsoftheinn, werepleasedtopersevereandbringeverythingtoahappyissue; fortheservantsagreedtodoasDonLuiswished; , thoughshedidnotfullycomprehendallshesaw, wasgraveorgaywithoutknowingwhy, asshewatchedandstudiedthevariouscountenances, butparticularlyherSpaniard's, 'snotice, andhedemandedDonQuixote'sreckoning, togetherwiththeamountofthedamagetohiswine-skins, andthelossofhiswine, swearingthatneitherRocinantenorSancho', andDonFernandopaid; thoughtheJudgehadalsoveryreadilyofferedtopaythescore; andallbecamesopeacefulandquietthattheinnnolongerremindedoneofthediscordofAgramante'scamp, asDonQuixotesaid, butofthepeaceandtranquillityofthedaysofOctavianus: forallwhichitwastheuniversalopinionthattheirthankswereduetothegreatzealandeloquenceofthecurate, andtotheunexampledgenerosityofDonFernando.
