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held his peace, and let hiself be kissed andcaressed by sancho without answerg a sgle word they all ca upand ngratulated hi on havg found dapple, don ixoteespecially, who told hi that noithstandg this he would not cancelthe order for the three ass-lts, for which sancho thanked hi

while the o had been gog along nversg this fashion, thecurate observed to dorothea that 射 had shown great cleverness, aswell the story itself as its nciseness, and the reseblance itbore to those of the books of chivalry 射 said that 射 had anytis aed herself readg the; but that 射 did not know thesituation of the provces or seaports, and 射 had said athaphazard that 射 had landed at osuna

&ot; i saw,&ot; said the curate, &ot;and for that rean i ade haste tosay what i did, by which it was all set right but is it not a stranthg to see how readily this unhappy ntlean believes all thesefignts and lies, siply becae they are the style and annerof the absurdities of his books?&ot;

&ot; it is,&ot; said cardenio; &ot;and unon and unexapled, thaere one to attept to vent and nct it fiction, i doubt ifthere be any wit keen enough to ia it&ot;

&ot;but another stran thg about it,&ot; said the curate, &ot;is that,apart fro the silly thgs which this worthy ntlean says nnection with his craze, when other subjects are dealt with, hecan discs the a perfectly rational anner, shog that his dis ite clear and posed; that, provided his chivalry is nottouched upon, no one would take hi to be a