'Unfortunate I!' exclaimed Don Quixote, 'for I would rather they had deprived me of my arm, as long as it were not my sword arm. Know, Sancho, that a mouth without grinders is like a mill without a grindstone, and a tooth is more to be prized than a millstone. But all this must we suffer who profess the stern rule of Knights Errant. Mount, friend, and lead the way, for I will follow thee what pace thou pleasest.'
OF A WONDERFUL ADVENTURE—
CHAPTER XI
Of a wonderful Adventure which Don Quixote went through without peril to himself or Sancho
'Methinks, my Master,' said Sancho, 'that all the mishaps that have befallen us in these days are without doubt in punishment for the sin you committed against the rules of Knighthood, in not keeping your vow which you made, not to eat bread, and all the other things you vowed to do, until you got the helmet of Malandrino, or whatever his name was.'
'Thou art very right, Sancho,' said Don Quixote; 'but to tell the truth it had passed from my memory; but I will make amends as may be done by the rules of Knighthood.'
'And doubtless,' replied Sancho, 'all will then be well, and I shall live to see none so great as Don Quixote of the Mancha, the Knight of the Rueful Countenance.'
'Why do you give me that name, good Sancho?' asked his Master.