. The adventures of Don Quixote abridged from the original edition by Thackeray. h was placed one who was a party tothe deception, and very skilful at carryingit out. DON QUIXOTE. 145 But now an adventure must be relatedwhich befell Don Quixote, to his shame andconfusion, and which brought his knight-errantry to a close. One morning, after he had been a fewdays in Barcelona, he was riding outto take the air, when he saw approachhim another knight armed in similarfashion to himself, and with a brightfull moon blazoned on his shield. Onapproaching nearer, this man calledout,— Illustrious Do
. The adventures of Don Quixote abridged from the original edition by Thackeray. h was placed one who was a party tothe deception, and very skilful at carryingit out. DON QUIXOTE. 145 But now an adventure must be relatedwhich befell Don Quixote, to his shame andconfusion, and which brought his knight-errantry to a close. One morning, after he had been a fewdays in Barcelona, he was riding outto take the air, when he saw approachhim another knight armed in similarfashion to himself, and with a brightfull moon blazoned on his shield. Onapproaching nearer, this man calledout,— Illustrious Don Quixote, I amthe Knight of the White Moon,accounts of whose achievements haveperchance reached your ears. Lo! I amcome to enter into combat with you, andto compel you by the point of my swordto acknowledge my mistress, whoever shemay be, as of greater beauty than the LadyDulcinea del Toboso. The conditions ofour fight shall be these : If victory be onmy side, you shall be obliged immediatelyto forsake your arms and the quest of adven-tures and to retire to your own home, where. 146 DON QUIXOTE. you shall engage to live quietly and peace-ably for the space of one year, without layinghand on your sword. But if, on the otherhand, you come off the conqueror, my lifeis at your mercy, my horse and my armsshall be your trophy, and the fame of all myformer exploits be vested in you as con-queror. Consider what you have to do, andlet your answer be quick, for my dispatch islimited to this one day. Don Quixote, who was much surprisedboth at the nature of this challenge andat the arrogant tone in which it was de-livered, replied in a composed and solemnmanner,— Knight of the White Moon,whose achieve-ments have as yet been kept from my know-ledge, perchance your eyes have never beheldthe peerless Dulcinea ; but in any case, Itell you that in rating any other beauty asbefore hers you are mistaken, and to main-tain this opinion I accept your challengeand all its conditions, except that
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