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for it but to let itself sink to the bottom of the river, carrying with it the knight who would not let go his hold; and when they got down there he found himself among Gambling Net palaces and gardens so pretty that it was a wonder to see; Gambling Net and then the serpent changed itself into an old ancient man, who told him such things as were never heard. Hold Gambling Net your peace, senor; for if you were to hear this you would go mad with delight. A couple of figs for your Great Captain and internet gambling news your Diego Garcia!" Hearing this Dorothea said in a whisper to Cardenio, "Our landlord is almost fit to play a second part to Don Quixote." "I think so," said Cardenio, "for, as Gambling Net he shows, he accepts it as a certainty that everything those books relate took place exactly as it is written down; and the barefooted friars themselves would not persuade Gambling Net him to the contrary." "But consider, brother, said the curate once more, "there never was any Felixmarte of Hircania Gambling Net in the world, nor any Cirongilio Gambling Net of Thrace, or any of the other knights of the same sort, that the books of chivalry talk of; the whole thing is the fabrication and invention of idle wits, devised by them for the purpose you describe of beguiling the time, as your reapers do when they read; for I swear to you in all seriousness station casino las vegas there never were any such knights in the world, and no Gambling Net such exploits or nonsense ever Gambling Net happened anywhere." "Try that bone on another dog," said the landlord; "as if I did not Gambling Net know how many make five, and where my shoe pinches me; dont think to feed me with pap, for by God I am no fool. It is a good joke for your worship to try and persuade me that everything these good books say is nonsense and lies, and they printed by the license of the Lords of the Royal Council, as if they were people who would allow such a lot of lies to be printed all together, and so many battles and enchantments that they take away ones senses." "I have told you, friend," said the curate, "that this is done to divert our idle Gambling Net thoughts; and as Gambling Net in well-ordered states games of chess, fives, and billiards are allowed for the diversion of those who do not care, or are not obliged, or are unable to work, so books of this kind are allowed to palace indian gaming casino be printed, on the supposition that, what indeed is the truth, there can be free casino gambling game nobody so ignorant as to take any of them for true stories; and if it were permitted me now, and the present company desired it, I could say something about the qualities books of chivalry should possess to be good ones, that would be to the advantage Gambling Net and even to the taste of some; but I hope the time will come when I can communicate my ideas to some one who may be able to mend matters; and in the meantime, senor landlord, believe what I have said, and take your books, and make up your mind about their truth or falsehood, and much good may they do you; and God grant casino gaming news you may not fall lame of the same foot your guest Don Quixote halts on." "No fear of that," returned the landlord; "I shall not be gambling link so mad as to luxor casino las vegas make a knight-errant of myself; for I see well Gambling Net enough that things are not now as they used to be in those days, when they say those famous knights roamed about the world." Sancho had made his appearance in the middle of this conversation, and he was very much troubled and cast down by what he heard said about knights-errant being now no longer in vogue, and all books of chivalry being folly and lies; and he resolved in his heart to wait and see what came of this journey of his masters, and if it did not turn out as happily as his web based casino game master expected, he determined to leave him and go back to his wife and Gambling Net children and his ordinary labour. The landlord was carrying away the valise and the books, but the curate said to him, "Wait; I want to see what those papers are that are written in such a good hand." The landlord taking them out handed them to him to read, and he perceived they were a work of about eight sheets of manuscript, with, in large letters at the beginning, the title of "Novel of the Ill-advised Curiosity." The curate read three or four lines to himself, and said, "I must say the title of this novel does not seem to me a bad one, and I feel an inclination to read it all." To which the landlord replied, "Then your reverence will do well to read it, for I can tell you that some guests who have read internet high stakes gambling action it here have been much pleased with it, and have begged it of me very earnestly; but I would not give it, meaning to Gambling Net return it to the person who forgot the valise, books, and papers here, Gambling Net for maybe he will return here some time or other; and though I know I shall miss the books, faith I mean to return them; for though I am an innkeeper, still I am a Christian." "You are very right, friend," said the curate; "but for all that, if the novel pleases me you must let me copy it." "With all my Gambling Net heart," replied the host. While they were talking Cardenio had taken up the novel and begun to read it, and forming the same opinion of it as the curate, he begged him to read it so that they might all hear it. "I would read it," said the curate, "if the time would not be better spent in sleeping." "It will be rest enough for me," said Dorothea, "to while away the time by listening to some tale, for my spirits are not yet tranquil enough to let me sleep when it would be seasonable." "Well then, in that case," said casino game ps2 the curate, "I will read it, if it were only out Gambling Net of curiosity; perhaps it may contain something pleasant." Master Nicholas added his entreaties to the same effect, and Sancho too; seeing which, and considering that he would give pleasure to all, and receive it himself, the curate said, "Well then, attend to me everyone, for the novel begins thus." CHAPTER XXXIII IN WHICH IS RELATED THE NOVEL OF "THE ILL-ADVISED CURIOSITY" IN Florence, a rich and famous city of Italy in the province called Tuscany, there lived two gentlemen of wealth and quality, Anselmo and Lothario, Gambling Net such great friends that Gambling Net by way of distinction they were called by all that knew them "The Two Friends." They were unmarried, young, of the same age and of the same tastes, which was enough to account for the reciprocal friendship between them. Anselmo, it is true, was somewhat more inclined to seek pleasure in love than |
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