Concerning what befell the marchers on their way to Week 16.<\/i> As ever, I’m one week behind. Good meaty section, I thought. And there’s the thrill of holding a thin slice of a big book in your right hand, which never gets old.
\nHit one of my most favoritist moments in the book so far on page 726, whence Sancho regales the Duchess and co. thusly:
\n“Without saying anything to anybody, not even my master, very quietly and gently I got down from Clavileno and I played with the nanny goats, and they’re as sweet as gilly flowers, for almost three-quarters of an hour….”
\nWhat’s better than Sancho letting himself pretend that he stopped time and played with nanny goats in the sky?
\nOther miscellaneous notes:
\n(1) When it comes to the whole proverb thing, I’m pretty sure Sancho has a medical condition.
\n(2) I was struck by Cervantes prophetic vision on 716 — after all, here in the 21st century, you can’t throw a rock without hitting an air-propelled wooden horse controlled by forehead pegs. How could he have known that? How?!
\n(3) A dozen bearded duennas? I will admit, that twist took me by surprise.
\n(4) A trio of favorite DQ lines: “God endures the wicked, but not forever.” “I won’t remember them any more than I do yesterday’s clouds.” “…the first thing I recommend is that you keep clean, and that you trim your nails and not allow them to grow, as some men do whose ignorance has led them to believe that long nails beautify their hands, as if those superfluous growths that they refuse to cut were nails, when they are actually the claws of a lizard-eating kestrel: a filthy and extraordinary abuse.”
\nNext Wednesday: <\/b> Catch ya at the end of Chapter LVIII (842 Grossman), whence someone’s experiencing “more shame than pleasure.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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