Knight of the Rueful Countenance, that your first experience on my

ground should have been such an unfortunate one as we have seen; but

the carelessness of squires is often the cause of worse accidents."

"That which has happened me in meeting you, mighty prince,"

replied Don Quixote, "cannot be unfortunate, even if my fall had not

stopped short of the depths of the bottomless pit, for the glory of

having seen you would have lifted me up and delivered me from it. My

squire, God's curse upon him, is better at unloosing his tongue in