![]() ![]() The innkeeper, as has been said, was a bit of a jokester, and already having some Knighthood and of knights errant such as myself, who are destined for such deeds.” The four corners of the earth seeking adventures to favor the needy, as is the duty of ![]() And this night I’ll watch over my armor in your castle, and tomorrow,Īs I’ve said, what I want so much will be fulfilled, so that I, as is fitting, may roam The boon that I’ve asked of you and that you’ve accorded me, is that tomorrow you willĭub me a knight. “I expected no less of your great magnificence, señor mío,” responded don Quixote, “and ![]() The innkeeper-who saw his guest at his feet and heard those words, and was perplexed, looking at him without knowing what to do or say-insisted that his guest get up, but don Quixote refused until the innkeeper promised that he would grant the boon that don Quixote had requested. THUS, TROUBLED by this thought, he cut short his skimpy dinner, typical of inns, and when he finished, he called the innkeeper, and behind the closed doors of the stable, got down on his knees before him, saying: “I won’t rise from where I am, brave knight, until you grant me a boon I want to ask of you that will redound to your praise and to the benefit of mankind.” In which is recounted the amusing way that ![]()
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