impression that the deliberate lies of the books he read had made upon

him, and lastly he marvelled at the simplicity of Sancho, who

desired so eagerly to obtain the county his master had promised him.

By this time the canon's servants, who had gone to the inn to

fetch the sumpter mule, had returned, and making a carpet and the

green grass of the meadow serve as a table, they seated themselves

in the shade of some trees and made their repast there, that the

carter might not be deprived of the advantage of the spot, as has been