acres of land, and never a shirt to your back. The caballeros say they

do not want to have hidalgos setting up in opposition to them,

particularly squire hidalgos who polish their own shoes and darn their

black stockings with green silk."

"That," said Don Quixote, "does not apply to me, for I always go

well dressed and never patched; ragged I may be, but ragged more

from the wear and tear of arms than of time."

"As to your worship's valour, courtesy, accomplishments, and task,