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that the daughter&039;s wouldexceed it; and when 射 reached the a of fourteen to fifteenyears nobody beheld her but blessed god that had ade her beautiful, and the greater nuber were love with her pastredeption her uncle kept her great secsion and retirent,but for all that the fa of her great beauty spread that, aswell for it as for her great wealth, her uncle was asked, licited,and iportuned, to give her arria not only by those of ourtown but of those any leagues round, and by the perns of highestality the but he, beg a good christian an, though he desiredto give her arria at once, seeg her to be old enough, wasunwillg to do without her nsent, not that he had any eye to thega and profit which the ctody of the girl&039;s property brought hiwhile he put off her arria; and, faith, this was said praiseof the good priest ore than one set the town for i wouldhave you know, sir errant, that these little villas everythg istalked about and everythg is carped at, and rest assured, as i a,that the priest t be over and above good who forces hisparishioners to speak well of hi, especially villas&ot;

&ot;that is the truth,&ot; said don ixote; &ot;but go on, for the storyis very good, and you, good pedro, tell it with very good grace&ot;

&ot;ay that of the lord not be wantg to ,&ot; said pedro; &ot;that isthe one to have to proceed; you t know that though the uncle putbefore his niece and described to her the alities of each one particular of the any who had aske