. The adventures of Don Quixote abridged from the original edition by Thackeray. ributed that to somestrange mischance or accident, and deter-mined to wear it in its incomplete placed the brass basin on his headas a helmet, Don Quixote started off againin quest of adventure, beguiling the way ashe went by telling Sancho many thingsabout knight-errantry unknown to him be-fore, and describing to him in glowing termsthe wonderful adventures and glorious re-wards which might still lie before them. Chapter SLAVES. AFTER a while they perceived comingtowards them, down
. The adventures of Don Quixote abridged from the original edition by Thackeray. ributed that to somestrange mischance or accident, and deter-mined to wear it in its incomplete placed the brass basin on his headas a helmet, Don Quixote started off againin quest of adventure, beguiling the way ashe went by telling Sancho many thingsabout knight-errantry unknown to him be-fore, and describing to him in glowing termsthe wonderful adventures and glorious re-wards which might still lie before them. Chapter SLAVES. AFTER a while they perceived comingtowards them, down the road, about adozen men on foot, strung together by thenecks in a great iron chain, and them went four armed men, two onhorseback and two on foot. Ah ! cried Sancho, this is a chainof convicts being sent by the king to thegalleys. By that you mean that they are forcedto go, I conclude, said Don Quixote, anddo so against their ; I mean, said Sancho, that these arepersons who, for the crimes they have com-mitted, are forced to serve the king at 64 DON QUIXOTE. They, therefore, are forced against theirwill to serve the king, said Don Quixote, tak-ing no notice of what Sancho said about theircrimes; and I must therefore go to theirsuccour, since it is part of my office as knightto relieve the wretched and oppressed/ But, sir, my master, good Don Quixote,wait, I beseech you, cried Sancho, graspinghis intention. I tell you that if the kingforces those people, it is but to punish themfor their crimes. To this Don Quixote paid no heed, andas the galley slaves had now reached him,he begged leave of one of those in charge toask them individually the cause of theirmisfortune. The first one of whom he asked thequestion replied that he was being sentto the galleys for being in love. Dear me ! said Don Quixote, thatshould not be a serious offence. If itis one worthy of punishment, I myselfmight well be sent to the galleys, as Iam in love with a peerles
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