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The landlord approached the curate and handed hi of the valise in which the novel of

"The Ill-advised Curiosity" had been found, and that he ht take them

all aith him as their owner had not since returned; for, as he could

not read, he did not want the the of the manuscript the words, "Novel

of Rinconete and Cortadillo," by which he perceived that it was a novel,

and as that of "The Ill-advised Curiosity" had been good he concluded

this would be so too, as they were both probably by the sa to read it when he had an opportunity He then

mounted and his friend the barber did the sanised by Don Quixote, and set out following in the rear of the

cart The order ofit; at each side of it marched the officers of the Brotherhood,

as has been said, with theirRocinante by the bridle; and behind all cahty rave and serious air,their pace to suit the slow steps of the

oxen Don Quixote was seated in the cage, with his hands tied and his

feet stretched out, leaning against the bars as silent and as patient as

if he were a stone statue and not a ht be, two leagues, until they reached a valley

which the carter thought a convenient place for resting and feeding his

oxen, and he said so to the curate, but the barber was of opinion that

they ought to push on a little farther, as at the other side of a hill