. The adventures of Don Quixote abridged from the original edition by Thackeray. ned to her husband the duke what hadhappened, with many sly and merry glances;for, being of a frolicsome nature, she hopedto have much amusement out of DonQuixote and his knight-errantry. Don Quixote, however, ignorant, of course,of any intention than what appeared, nowdrew near to the lady, and prepared to saluteher with great deference ; and after exchangeof courtesies, they all set out together to rideto the dukes castle. Sancho, at the request of the duchess,kept close to her, for her sense of humourwas g
. The adventures of Don Quixote abridged from the original edition by Thackeray. ned to her husband the duke what hadhappened, with many sly and merry glances;for, being of a frolicsome nature, she hopedto have much amusement out of DonQuixote and his knight-errantry. Don Quixote, however, ignorant, of course,of any intention than what appeared, nowdrew near to the lady, and prepared to saluteher with great deference ; and after exchangeof courtesies, they all set out together to rideto the dukes castle. Sancho, at the request of the duchess,kept close to her, for her sense of humourwas greatly tickled by the uncouth utteranceand rugged philosophy of the squire ; andSancho, encouraged by her condescension,became more eloquent than usual, and gaverein to a running discourse interspersed withvarious homely proverbs of which he pos-sessed a stock, and which he introduced withmore readiness than point. Before they reached the castle, the dukerode on in front of them to bid the servantsprepare a suitable reception for their guests;and in consequence, no sooner had they. 106 DON QUIXOTE. entered the courtyard than two fair damselsappeared and threw a long mantle of finescarlet cloth over Don Quixotes shoulders,while at this signal a crowd of men andwomen in the dukes employ appeared in thegalleries above and shouted,— Welcome, the flower and cream ofknight-errantry ! At the same time bottles of scented waterwere sprinkled by them on to the persons ofthe knight, the duke, and the duchess. All this was mightily pleasing to DonQuixote, since it proved to him that hisvaunted knight-errantry was a realand recognized thing ; and furtherproof of this now awaited him. Hewas led up a stately staircase hungwith rich gold brocade, and then intoa large hall, where six young damselsproceeded to divest him of his this was done, he drew thescarlet cloak over his shoulders, buckledon his sword and belt, placed a greenvelvet cap, which they handed to him,on his head, an
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