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the midst of these , he

told them how he had left hi a letter to the lady Dulcinea del Toboso, the daughter of

Lorenzo Corchuelo, hom he was over head and ears in love They were

both ah they were aware of

Don Quixote's madness and the nature of it, each time they heard of it

they were filled with fresh wonder They then asked Sancho Panza to show

the to the lady Dulcinea del Toboso He said

it ritten in a note-book, and that his master's directions were that

he should have it copied on paper at the first village he came to On

this the curate said if he showed it to him, he himself would make a fair

copy of it Sancho put his hand into his bosom in search of the note-book

but could not find it, nor, if he had been searching until now, could he

have found it, for Don Quixote had kept it, and had never given it to

hi for it When Sancho discovered

he could not find the book his face grew deadly pale, and in great haste

he again felt his body all over, and seeing plainly it was not to be

found, without more ado he seized his beard with both hands and plucked

away half of it, and then, as quick as he could and without stopping,

gave himself half a dozen cuffs on the face and nose till they were

bathed in blood