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"In faith, Sancho," said Don Quixote, "to all appearance thou art no

sounder in thy wits than I"

"I am not so mad," answered Sancho, "but I am more peppery; but apart

from all this, what has your worship to eat until I come back? Will you

sally out on the road like Cardenio to force it from the shepherds?"

"Let not that anxiety trouble thee," replied Don Quixote, "for even if I

had it I should not eat anything but the herbs and the fruits which this

meadow and these trees may yield me; the beauty of this business of mine

lies in not eating, and in perfor other mortifications"

"Do you knohat I am afraid of?" said Sancho upon this; "that I shall

not be able to findyou, it

is such an out-of-the-way place"

"Observe the lando

far frohbourhood, and I will even take care to hest of these rocks to see if I can discover thee returning; however,

not to miss me and lose thyself, the best plan will be to cut some

branches of the broooest

to lay them at intervals until thou hast come out upon the plain; these