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"It is not that," replied Don Quixote, "but because the sage whose duty

it will be to write the history of ht it

proper that I should take so 'He of the Burning Sword,' another 'He of the Unicorn,'

this one 'He of the Daht of the Griffin,' and another 'He of the Death,' and by these nanations they were known all the world round; and so I say that

the sage aforesaid must have put it into your mouth and mind just now to

call ht of the Rueful Countenance,' as I intend to call

myself from this day forward; and that the said name may fit me better, I

mean, when the opportunity offers, to have a very rueful countenance

painted onti that

countenance," said Sancho; "for all that need be done is for your worship

to show your own, face to face, to those who look at you, and without

anything e or shield, they will call you 'Hi you the truth, for I

assure you, senor (and in good part be it said), hunger and the loss of

your grinders have given you such an ill-favoured face that, as I say,

the rueful picture hed at Sancho's pleasantry; nevertheless he resolved to

call himself by that name, and have his shield or buckler painted as he