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"No, indeed," replied the servant; "they all preserve a marvellous

silence on the road, for not a sound is to be heard ahs and sobs, which make us pity her; and we feel sure that

wherever it is she is going, it is against her will, and as far as one

can judge from her dress she is a nun or, what is more likely, about to

beco the vows is not of her own

free will, that she is so unhappy as she see them he returned to

where Dorothea ho, hearing the veiled lady sigh, moved by natural

co fro that women are accustomed and kno to

relieve, I offer you my services with all h Dorothea repeated her

offers entleman with

the veil, who, the servant said, was obeyed by the rest, approached and

said to Dorothea, "Do not give yourself the trouble, senora, of ive no thanks for

anything that is done for her; and do not try to make her answer unless

you want to hear some lie from her lips"

"I have never told a lie," was the immediate reply of her who had been

silent until now; "on the contrary, it is because I a devices that I am now in this miserable condition; and

this I call you yourself to witness, for it is my unstained truth that

has made you false and a liar"

Cardenio heard these words clearly and distinctly, being quite close to

the speaker, for there was only the door of Don Quixote's roo a loud exclamation he cried,

"Good God! what is this I hear? What voice is this that has reached my

ears?" Startled at the voice the lady turned her head; and not seeing the