CHAPTERLXXI
OFWHATPASSEDBETWEENDONQUIXOTEANDHISSQUIRESANCHOONTHE
WAYTOTHEIRVILLAGE
THEvanquishedandafflictedDonQuixotewentalongverydowncastinonerespectandveryhappyinanother。Hissadnessarosefromhisdefeat,andhissatisfactionfromthethoughtofthevirtuethatlayinSancho,ashadbeenprovedbytheresurrectionofAltisidora;
thoughitwaswithdifficultyhecouldpersuadehimselfthatthelove-smittendamselhadbeenreallydead。Sanchowentalonganythingbutcheerful,foritgrievedhimthatAltisidorahadnotkeptherpromiseofgivinghimthesmocks;andturningthisoverinhismindhesaidtohismaster,“Surely,senor,I\'mthemostunluckydoctorintheworld;there\'smanyaphysicianthat,afterkillingthesickmanhehadtocure,requirestobepaidforhiswork,thoughitisonlysigningabitofalistofmedicines,thattheapothecaryandnothemakesup,and,there,hislabourisover;butwithmethoughtocuresomebodyelsecostsmedropsofblood,smacks,pinches,pinproddings,andwhippings,nobodygivesmeafarthing。Well,Iswearbyallthat\'sgoodiftheyputanotherpatientintomyhands,they\'llhavetogreasethemformebeforeIcurehim;for,astheysay,\'it\'sbyhissingingtheabbotgetshisdinner,\'andI\'mnotgoingtobelievethatheavenhasbestoweduponmethevirtueIhave,thatIshouldbedealingitouttoothersallfornothing。“