. The adventures of Don Quixote abridged from the original edition by Thackeray. ame time he was annoyed to find thesport at the expense of Don Quixote put toan end, and assured Samson that he was con-fident that it would take more than hisscheme to cure him of his madness. Samson, however, was satisfied with all hehad accomplished; and with Don Antoniospromise not to reveal his secret, bade himfarewell, and having divested himself of hisarmour, he mounted his horse and set offon his homeward journey. Chapter AT LAST. U*OR six days after this adventure did DonQuixote keep his be
. The adventures of Don Quixote abridged from the original edition by Thackeray. ame time he was annoyed to find thesport at the expense of Don Quixote put toan end, and assured Samson that he was con-fident that it would take more than hisscheme to cure him of his madness. Samson, however, was satisfied with all hehad accomplished; and with Don Antoniospromise not to reveal his secret, bade himfarewell, and having divested himself of hisarmour, he mounted his horse and set offon his homeward journey. Chapter AT LAST. U*OR six days after this adventure did DonQuixote keep his bed, too much bruisedto move, while to his bodily ailments wasadded great dejection of spirits at his over-throw. As soon as he was fit to travel, he setout on his journey homewards, withhis armour on Dapples back. Sanchowas consequently compelled to trudgealong on foot, and the knight himselfin ordinary dress rode on the back ofRozinante. In this mournful fashion they jour-neyed for many days, and at last theyreached their own village, where, inaccordance with the conditions of the. 152 DON QUIXOTE. defeat, Don Quixote was bound to spenda year in peace. As they drew near to the village they sawSamson at a little distance, who immediately,on perceiving them, rushed to give themwelcome with every expression of news of their arrival now spread throughthe village before they could reach it, andat the door of his own house Don Quixotefound his niece and his housekeeper standingto receive him ; and Sanchos wife anddaughter soon joined them there, breathlesswith haste and full of eager questions. Accompanied by the latter, and leadingDapple by the halter, Sancho repaired to hisown cottage, where he regaled his family withlong stories of his marvellous tales delighted them even more whenhe showed them the gold crowns in hispossession, which, as he was able to assurethem, he had come by in all honesty. Don Quixote, meanwhile, was relating tohis own circle the
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