Part II
Chapter I
A month passes since Quixote has been home, and the curate
and barber visit him to see if his madness has left him; unfortunately, the
conversations turn to knights-errantry, and now they are not so certain about
his cure.
Chapter II
Interrupting the discussion between the three men, Quixote’s
niece and housekeeper are outside arguing with Sancho in hopes of keeping him
away; but it is no use. Quixote invites
him in, as the curate and barber leave them, and Sancho updates Quixote on all
the gossip from the village, including that a history has already been written about
them and their adventures.
Chapter III
Being that Quixote wants to know immediately about the
written history, Sancho runs to get the young man named Carrasco who had told him about it in
the first place, and together they inquire of its contents: Which deeds are
highly praised? What adventures are included?
Is it truthful, as histories should be written? In addition, Cervantes is lightly critical of
himself for his lapse in memory on a few occasions in Part I sharing the jest
with the fictitious author of Quixote’s fictitious history.
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