. The adventures of Don Quixote abridged from the original edition by Thackeray. row which had brought him backhome; and great was the worthy knights DON QUIXOTE. *53 sorrow and humiliation at having to confesshow he had been defeated, and his knight-errantry forcibly put to an end for a year. But, as events turned out, it wasnot for a year only that Don Quixotesknight-errantry was ended. Only a few days after his return hetook to his bed, and from this he neverrose again. Before his death he tookfarewell of all his friends, and badethem think of him no more as DonQuixote de la Mancha, bu
. The adventures of Don Quixote abridged from the original edition by Thackeray. row which had brought him backhome; and great was the worthy knights DON QUIXOTE. *53 sorrow and humiliation at having to confesshow he had been defeated, and his knight-errantry forcibly put to an end for a year. But, as events turned out, it wasnot for a year only that Don Quixotesknight-errantry was ended. Only a few days after his return hetook to his bed, and from this he neverrose again. Before his death he tookfarewell of all his friends, and badethem think of him no more as DonQuixote de la Mancha, but as plainAlonza Quixano that they had knownbefore he took up knight-errantry. Then turning to Sancho, who weptbitterly at the thought of his mastersapproaching death, he said,— Pardon me, my friend, that I havebrought on thee the suspicion of madness,by drawing thee into my own errors andpersuading thee that there have been andstill are knights-errant in the world. Woe is me, sobbed Sancho ; do notdie, dear master, I entreat you. Maybeyou take it a little to heart that you were. 154 DON QUIXOTE. unhorsed and a bit scratched the other day;but who knows, the blame may have all beendue to me for not girthing Rozinante tightenough. But the knight would not be comforted. Nay, he said quietly, I see that Iwas mad, but now I am in my right was once the knight Don Quixote de laMancha, but I am now, as I said before,once more plain Alonza Quixano. And now,good friends, I would make my last will andtestament, and confess my sins, for my timeis short. A day or two later he died, deeplymourned by all who had known him, for hiskindly nature and gentle courtesy had wonthe love of every one; and to the simplename of Alonza Quixano, by which he hadwished to be known and remembered, therewas added by unanimous consent the titleof The Good. THE END.
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