On which the duke observed, "Sancho is quite right, and there is

no reason at all to find fault with him; Dapple shall be fed to his

heart's content, and Sancho may rest easy, for he shall be treated

While this conversation, amusing to all except Don Quixote, was

proceeding, they ascended the staircase and ushered Don Quixote into a

chamber hung with rich cloth of gold and brocade; six damsels relieved

him of his armour and waited on him like pages, all of them prepared

and instructed by the duke and duchess as to what they were to do, and