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"I say that your worship is entirely right," said Sancho, "and that I am

an ass But I know not how the name of ass came into my mouth, for a rope

is not to be ed; but now

for the letter, and then, God be with you, I a to one side, very

deliberately began to write the letter, and when he had finished it he

called to Sancho, saying he wished to read it to hi it on the road; for with evil

fortune like his anything ht be apprehended To which Sancho replied,

"Write it two or three tiive it to me, and I

will carry it very carefully, because to expect me to keep it in my

memory is all nonsense, for I have such a bad one that I often forget my

own name; but for all that repeat it to me, as I shall like to hear it,

for surely it will run as if it was in print"

"Listen," said Don Quixote, "this is what it says:

"DON QUIXOTE'S LETTER TO DULCINEA DEL TOBOSO

"Sovereign and exalted Lady,--The pierced by the point of absence, the