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with all the zeal y callg deands of ,either relievg your isfortune if it adits of relief, or jog you lantg it as i proised to do&ot;

the knight of the thicket, hearg hi of the rueful untenancetalk this stra, did nothg but stare at hi, and stare at hiaga, and aga survey hi fro head to foot; and when he hadthoroughly exaed hi, he said to hi:

&ot;if you have anythg to give to eat, for god&039;s sake give it, and after i have eaten i will do all you ask acknowledgntof the goodwill you have displayed towards &ot;

sancho fro his sack, and the goatherd fro his pouch, furni射d theragd one with the ans of appeasg his hunr, and what theygave hi he ate like a half-witted beg, hastily that he took noti beeen outhfuls, gg rather than swallog; and while heate neither he nor they who observed hi uttered a word as on as hehad done he ade signs to the to follow hi, which they did, and heled the to a green plot which lay a little farther off round therner of a rock on reachg it he stretched hiself upon thegrass, and the others did the sa, all keepg silence, until theragd one, settlg hiself his place, said:

&ot;if it is your wish, sirs, that i should disclose a few words thesurpassg extent of y isfortunes, you t proise not to break thethread of y sad story with any estion or other terruption, forthe stant you do the tale i tell will e to an end&ot;

these words of the ragd one reded don ixote of the tale hissire had told hi, when he failed to keep unt o