lady Dulcinea del Toboso sends to beg those six reals, and the

pledge is to all appearance a good one, there is nothing for it but to

give them to her, for no doubt she must be in some great strait.' 'I

will take no pledge of her,' I replied, 'nor yet can I give her what

she asks, for all I have is four reals; which I gave (they were

those which thou, Sancho, gavest me the other day to bestow in alms

upon the poor I met along the road), and I said, 'Tell your

mistress, my dear, that I am grieved to the heart because of her