DonQuixote，whenheheardthelamentandlearnedthecause，consoledSanchowiththebestargumentshecould，entreatinghimtobepatient，andpromisingtogivehimaletterofexchangeorderingthreeoutoffiveass-coltsthathehadathometobegiventohim。Sanchotookcomfortatthis，driedhistears，suppressedhissobs，andreturnedthanksforthekindnessshownhimbyDonQuixote。Heonhispartwasrejoicedtotheheartonenteringthemountains，astheyseemedtohimtobejusttheplacefortheadventureshewasinquestof。Theybroughtbacktohismemorythemarvellousadventuresthathadbefallenknights-errantinlikesolitudesandwilds，andhewentalongreflectingonthesethings，soabsorbedandcarriedawaybythemthathehadnothoughtforanythingelse。NorhadSanchoanyothercarenowthathefanciedhewastravellinginasafequarter
thantosatisfyhisappetitewithsuchremainsaswereleftoftheclericalspoils，andsohemarchedbehindhismasterladenwithwhatDappleusedtocarry，emptyingthesackandpackinghispaunch，andsolongashecouldgothatway，hewouldnothavegivenafarthingtomeetwithanotheradventure。
Whilesoengagedheraisedhiseyesandsawthathismasterhadhalted，andwastryingwiththepointofhispiketoliftsomebulkyobjectthatlayupontheground，onwhichhehastenedtojoinhimandhelphimifitwereneedful，andreachedhimjustaswiththepointofthepikehewasraisingasaddle-padwithavaliseattachedtoit，halforratherwhollyrottenandtorn；butsoheavyweretheythatSanchohadtohelptotakethemup，andhismasterdirectedhimtoseewhatthevalisecontained。Sanchodidsowithgreatalacrity，andthoughthevalisewassecuredbyachainandpadlock，fromitstornandrottenconditionhewasabletoseeitscontents，whichwerefourshirtsoffineholland，andotherarticlesoflinennolesscuriousthanclean；andinahandkerchiefhefoundagoodlotofgoldcrowns，andassoonashesawthemheexclaimed：
“BlessedbeallHeavenforsendingusanadventurethatisgoodforsomething！”
Searchingfurtherhefoundalittlememorandumbookrichlybound；