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"I will say it in one," replied Don Quixote, "and it is this; that at

once, this very instant, ye release that fair lady whose tears and sad

aspect show plainly that ye are carrying her off against her will, and

that ye have coainst her; and I, who

was born into the world to redress all such like wrongs, will not permit

you to advance another step until you have restored to her the liberty

she pines for and deserves"

From these words all the hearers concluded that he h heartily, and their laughter acted like gunpowder on Don

Quixote's fury, for drawing his sithout another word he made a rush

at the stand One of those who supported it, leaving the burden to his

co a forked stick that he had

for propping up the stand when resting, and with this he caught a hty

cut Don Quixote made at him that severed it in two; but with the portion

that remained in his hand he dealt such a thwack on the shoulder of Don

Quixote's sword arainst the

clownish assault) that poor Don Quixote caht

Sancho Panza, as co

hiain, for he was

poor enchanted knight, who had never harmed anyone all the days of his

life; but what checked the cloas, not Sancho's shouting, but seeing

that Don Quixote did not stir hand or foot; and so, fancying he had