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The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha Author:Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. OF THE MEMORABLE QUARREL BETWEEN SANCHO PANZA, AND DON QUIXOTE'S NIECE AND HOUSEKEEPER ; WITH OTHER PLEASANT PASSAGES. The history informs us, ... more »that the occasion of the noise which the niece and housekeeper made, was Sancho Panza's endeavouring to force his way into the house, while they at the same time held the door against him to keep him out.— " What have you to do in this house, ye paunch-gutted squob?" cried one of them. " Go, go, keep to your own home, friend. It is all along of you, and nobody else, that my poor master is distracted, debauched, and carried a rambling all the country over."— "The housekeeper for the devil!" replied Sancho; " it is I that am distracted, debauched, and carried a rambling, and not your master. It was he led me the jaunt; so you are wide of the matter. It was he that inveigled me from my house and home with his colloguing, and saying he would give me an island; which isnot come yet, and I still wait for."—" May'st thou be choaked with thy plaguy islands," cried the niece, " thou cursed paunch! And what are your islands ? any thing to eat, good- man greedy-gut, ha?"—"Hold you there!" answered Sancho, "they are not to eat, but to govern; and better governments than any four cities, or as many heads of the king's best corporations."—" For all that," quoth the housekeeper, " thou comest not within these doors, thou bundle of wickedness, and sackful of roguery! Go, govern your own house! Work, you lazy rogue! To the plough, and never trouble your jolter-head about islands or oylets." The curate and barber took a great deal of pleasure to hear this dialogue. But Don Quixote fearing lest Sancho should not keep within bounds, but blunder out some discoveries prejudicial to his reputation, while he ripped up a pack of little foolish ...« less