gh to
come along with me, and I swear by all the orders of knighthood there
are in the world to pay you as I have agreed, real by real, and
perfumed."

"For the perfumery I excuse you," said Don Quixote; "give it to him in
reals, and I shall be satisfied; and see that you do as you have
sworn; if not, by the same oath I swear to come back and hunt you out
and punish you; and I shall find you though you should lie closer than
a lizard. And if you desire to know who it is lays this command upon
you, that you may be more firmly bound to obey it, know that I am the
valorous Don Quixote of La Mancha, the undoer of wrongs and
injustices; and so God be with you, and keep in mind what you have
promised and sworn under those penalties that have been already
declared to you."

So saying, he gave Rosinante the spur and was soon out of reach. The
farmer followed him with his eyes, and when he saw that he had cleared
the wood and was no longer in sight, he turned to his boy Andres and
said, "Come here, my son; I want to pay you what I owe you, as that
undoer of wrongs has commanded me."

"My oath on it," said Andres, "your Worship will be well advised to
obey the command of that good knight--may he live a thousand
years!--for as he is a valiant and just judge, by Roque, if you do not
pay me, he will come back and do as he said."

"My oath on it too," said the farmer; "but as I have a strong
affection for you, I want to add to the debt in order to add to the
payment;" and seizing him by the arm, he tied him up to the oak again,
where he gave him such a flogging that he left him for dead.

[Illustration: CERVANTES]

"Now, Master Andres," said the farmer, "call on the undoer of wrongs;
you will find he won't undo that, though I am not sure that I have
quite done with you, for I have a good mind to flay you alive as you
feared." But at last he untied him, and gave him leave to go look for
his judge in order to put the sentence pronounced into execution.

Andres went off rather down in the mouth, swearing he would go to look
for the valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha and tell him exactly what had
happened, and that all would have to be repaid him sevenfold; but for
all that he went off weeping, while his master stood laughing.

Thus did the valiant Don Quixote right that wrong; and thoroughly
satisfied with what had taken place, as he considered he had made a
very happy and noble beginning with his knighthood, he took the road
t