"Whatartthoutalkingabout, fool?" saidDonQuixote; "artthouinthysenses?"
"Letyourworshipgetup," saidSancho, "andyouwillseethenicebusinessyouhavemadeofit, andwhatwehavetopay; andyouwillseethequeenturnedintoaprivateladycalledDorothea, andotherthingsthatwillastonishyou, ifyouunderstandthem."
"Ishallnotbesurprisedatanythingofthekind," returnedDonQuixote; "forifthoudostrememberthelasttimewewerehereItoldtheethateverythingthathappenedherewasamatterofenchantment, anditwouldbenowonderifitwerethesamenow."
"Icouldbelieveallthat," repliedSancho, "ifmyblanketingwasthesamesortofthingalso; onlyitwasn't, butrealandgenuine; forIsawthelandlord, Whoishereto-day, holdingoneendoftheblanketandjerkingmeuptotheskiesveryneatlyandsmartly, andwithasmuchlaughterasstrength; andwhenitcomestobeacaseofknowingpeople, Iholdformypart, simpleandsinnerasIam, thatthereisnoenchantmentaboutitatall, butagreatdealofbruisingandbadluck."
"Well, well, Godwillgivearemedy," saidDonQuixote; "handmemyclothesandletmegoout, forIwanttoseethesetransformationsandthingsthouspeakestof."
Sanchofetchedhimhisclothes; andwhilehewasdressing, thecurategaveDonFernandoandtheotherspresentanaccountofDonQuixote'smadnessandofthestratagemtheyhadmadeuseoftowithdrawhimfromthatPenaPobrewherehefanciedhimselfstationedbecauseofhislady', atwhichtheymarvelledandlaughednotalittle, thinkingit, asalldid, , thecuratesaid, thattheladyDorothea'sgoodfortunepreventedherfromproceedingwiththeirpurpose, itwouldbenecessarytodeviseordiscoversomeotherwayofgettinghimhome.
