"Thatscienceiscalledastrology," saidDonQuixote."Idonotknowwhatitiscalled," repliedPedro, ", tomakeanend, notmanymonthshadpassedafterhereturnedfromSalamanca, whenonedayheappeareddressedasashepherdwithhiscrookandsheepskin, havingputoffthelonggownheworeasascholar; andatthesametimehisgreatfriend, Ambrosiobyname, whohadbeenhiscompanioninhisstudies, tooktotheshepherd', whoisdead, wasagreatmanforwritingverses, somuchsothathemadecarolsforChristmasEve, andplaysforCorpusChristi, whichtheyoungmenofourvillageacted, 'sdress, theywerelostinwonder, , andhewasleftheirtoalargeamountofpropertyinchattelsaswellasinland, nosmallnumberofcattleandsheep, andalargesumofmoney, ofallofwhichtheyoungmanwasleftdissoluteowner, andindeedhewasdeservingofitall, forhewasaverygoodcomrade, andkind-hearted, andafriendofworthyfolk, , , foritiswellyoushouldknowit, whothisgirlis; perhaps, andevenwithoutanyperhaps, youwillnothaveheardanythinglikeitallthedaysofyourlife, thoughyoushouldlivemoreyearsthansarna."
"SaySarra," saidDonQuixote, unabletoendurethegoatherd'sconfusionofwords.
"Thesarnaliveslongenough," answeredPedro; "andif, senor, youmustgofindingfaultwithwordsateverystep, weshallnotmakeanendofitthistwelvemonth."
"Pardonme, friend," saidDonQuixote; "but, asthereissuchadifferencebetweensarnaandSarra, Itoldyouofit; however, youhaveansweredveryrightly, forsarnaliveslongerthanSarra: socontinueyourstory, andIwillnotobjectanymoretoanything."
