CHAPTERV
OFTHESHREWDANDDROLLCONVERSATIONTHATPASSEDBETWEENSANCHO
PANZAANDHISWIFETERESAPANZA，ANDOTHERMATTERSWORTHYOFBEING
DULYRECORDED
THEtranslatorofthishistory，whenhecomestowritethisfifthchapter，saysthatheconsidersitapocryphal，becauseinitSanchoPanzaspeaksinastyleunlikethatwhichmighthavebeenexpectedfromhislimitedintelligence，andsaysthingssosubtlethathedoesnotthinkitpossiblehecouldhaveconceivedthem；however，desirousofdoingwhathistaskimposeduponhim，hewasunwillingtoleaveituntranslated，andthereforehewentontosay：