The Curate, seeing the risk they ran of their plan being found out, came to where Master Nicholas was lying, and with one jerk clapped it on again, muttering as he did so some Latin words, which he said were a charm for fixing on beards.
By this means, to Don Quixote's amazement, the Squire was cured again, and he asked the Curate to tell him this charm, which, he said, since it could heal a wound of this kind, must be good for even more dangerous injuries.
The Curate agreed to tell him the secret some other day, and, having mounted the mule, the party rode slowly away towards the Inn.
SANCHO PANZA RECOVERS HIS DAPPLE
CHAPTER XXI
Of the Journey to the Inn
The Curate rode first on the mule, and with him rode Don Quixote and the Princess. The others, Cardenio, the Barber, and Sancho Panza, followed on foot.
And as they rode, Don Quixote said to the damsel: 'Madam, let me entreat your Highness to lead the way that most pleaseth you.'