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for their kindness, not because he stood in any fear of that

bell-ringing rabble of enchanters in cat shape, but because he

recognised their good intentions in coming to his rescue. The duke and

duchess left him to repose and withdrew greatly grieved at the

unfortunate result of the joke; as they never thought the adventure

would have fallen so heavy on Don Quixote or cost him so dear, for

it cost him five days of confinement to his bed, during which he had

another adventure, pleasanter than the late one, which his