Sancho is immediately terrified of the Holy Brotherhood. He rightly fears that they will come looking for the men who released their prisoners by force and convinces Don Quixote that it is not running away, but a wise choice to go and hide in the Sierra Morena mountains to shake off the police force. It is their bad luck that the robber Gines de Pasamonte has also chosen those mountains to hide out in, and he promptly steals Sancho's mule Dapple at his first chance, leaving Rozinante because the horse is not worth any money to him. Sancho is positively heartsick at the loss, and the Don promises to give him three of the ass foals he owns when they returned home as a comfort to him, which appeases Sancho.
Eventually, Don.....
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