I feel it to be a great fault of thine and of mine:
of thine, that thou hast so little respect for me;
of mine, that I do not make myself more respected.
There was Gandalin, the squire of Amadis of Gaul,
that was Count of the Insula Firme, and we read of
him that he always addressed his lord with his cap
in his hand, his head bowed down and his body bent
double, more turquesco. And then, what shall
we say of Gasabal, the squire of Galaor, who was so
silent that in order to indicate to us the greatness
of his marvellous taciturnity his name is only once
mentioned in the whole of that history, as long as
it is truthful? From all I have said thou wilt
gather, Sancho, that there must be a difference between
master and man, between lord and lackey, between knight
and squire: so that from this day forward in our
intercourse we must observe more respect and take
less liberties, for in whatever way I may be provoked
with you it will be bad for the pitcher. The favours
and benefits that I have promised you will come in
due time, and if they do not your wages at least will
not be lost, as I have already told you.”
“All that your worship says is very well,”
said Sancho, “but I should like to know (in
case the time of favours should not come, and it might
be necessary to fall back upon wages) how much did
the squire of a knight-errant get in those days, and
did they agree by the month, or by the day like bricklayers?”
“I do not believe,” replied Don Quixote,
“that such squires were ever on wages, but were
dependent on favour; and if I have now mentioned thine
in the sealed will I have left at home, it was with
a view to what may happen; for as yet I know not how
chivalry will turn out in these wretched times of
ours, and I do not wish my soul to suffer for trifles
in the other world; for I would have thee know, Sancho,
that in this there is no condition more hazardous
than that of adventurers.”
“That is true,” said Sancho, “since
the mere noise of the hammers of a fulling mill can
disturb and disquiet the heart of such a valiant errant
adventurer as your worship; but you may be sure I will
not open my lips henceforward to make light of anything
of your worship’s, but only to honour you as
my master and natural lord.”
“By so doing,” replied Don Quixote, “shalt
thou live long on the face of the earth; for next
to parents, masters are to be respected as though
they were parents.”
WHICH TREATS OF THE EXALTED ADVENTURE AND RICH PRIZE OF MAMBRINO’S
HELMET, TOGETHER WITH OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO OUR INVINCIBLE KNIGHT
It now began to rain a little, and Sancho was for
going into the fulling mills, but Don Quixote had
taken such an abhorrence to them on account of the
late joke that he would not enter them on any account;
so turning aside to right they came upon another road,
different from that which they had taken the night
before. Shortly afterwards Don Quixote perceived
a man on horseback who wore on his head something that
shone like gold, and the moment he saw him he turned
to Sancho and said:
