that is
enough for the present."

"No, no, senor," replied Sancho; "it shall never be said of me, 'The
money paid, the arms broken'; go back a little further, your worship, and
let me give myself at any rate a thousand lashes more; for in a couple
of bouts like this we shall have finished off the lot, with even cloth
to spare."

"As thou art in such a willing mood," said Don Quixote, "may heaven aid
thee; lay on and I'll retire."

Sancho returned to his task with so much resolution that he soon had the
bark stripped off several trees, such was the severity with which he
whipped himself; and one time, raising his voice, and giving a beech a
tremendous lash, he cried out, "Here dies Samson, and all with him!"

At the sound of his piteous cry and of the stroke of the cruel lash, Don
Quixote ran to him at once, and seizing the twisted halter, said to him:

"Heaven forbid, Sancho my friend, that to please me thou shouldst lose
thy life, which is needed for the support of thy wife and children; let
Dulcinea wait for a better opportunity, and I will have patience until
thou hast gained fresh strength so as to finish off this business to the
satisfaction of everybody."

"As your worship will have it so, senor," said Sancho, "so be it; but
throw your cloak over my shoulders, for I'm sweating and I don't want to
take cold; it's a risk that novice disciplinants run."

Don Quixote obeyed, and stripping himself covered Sancho, who slept
until the sun woke him; they then resumed their journey, which for the
time being they brought to an end at a village that lay three leagues
farther on.

FOOTNOTES:

[433-1] The _olla_ is the national dish of Spain, and is a stew composed
of beef, bacon, sausage, chick-peas and cabbage, with any other meat or
vegetables which may be on hand.

[434-2] A _morion_ is a helmet without visor or beaver for protecting
the face.

[435-3] Alexander the Great was so fond of his horse Bucephalus that
when it died in India during Alexander's sojourn there, he founded a
city which he called Bucephalia, in honor of the steed.

[435-4] The Cid was the greatest of Spanish heroes.

[436-5] _Rocin_ is, in Spanish, a horse used for labor, as distinguished
from one kept for pleasure or for personal use; _ante_ means _before_.
Thus the name Rocinante meant that the horse had formerly been a hack,
or work horse.

[436-6] Amadis de Gaul was the hero of one of the most celebrated
romances of chivalry.