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| Don Quixote imagined that the inn was a castle, and the inn-keeper a ruler; he thought the beggar-wom en were great ladies. So it was easy to imagine that this was beautiful music. He thought the music was played to amuse him while he sat at table. He ate his supper, thinking that his first adventures were very satisfactory. A Promise Is Made But something still troubled him����nobody had yet made him a knight. So when he had finishe d his supper, he took the inn-keeper into a room and shut the door. Then Don Quixote knelt in front of him. He said, "I will not rise from my knees, brave knight, until you kindly do what I ask you. This will be a good thing to do, and will help all the people in the world." The inn-keeper looked at the old gentleman kneeling on the ground, and speaking strange words. He did not kn ow what to do or say. He asked him to rise, but Don Quixote refused. At last he had to promise. "Sir, I was sure you would agree. Now let me tell you what I want. Tomorrow, when sun rises, you must make me a knight. To deserve this, I shall stay awake tonight. | 唐吉诃德把这家客栈想象成一座城堡，把客栈老板想象成堡主，并且把乞妇当成是贵妇。 所以，很容易就把它幻想成动听的音乐。 他认为这段音乐是趁他坐在桌旁时，演奏来娱乐他的。 他吃着晚餐，觉得这第一回奇遇非常令人满意。 客栈老板做了一个承诺。 不过，有一件事仍然困扰着他--还没有人指派他为武士。 于是他用完晚餐后，就随着客栈老板走进一间屋子并把门关上。 然后，唐吉诃德在他面前跪倒。 他说：「我这样跪着是不会随意站起来的，勇敢的武士，除非你仁慈地依我要求的去做。 这是一件好事，可以帮助世界上所有的人们。」 客栈老板望着这个老先生跪在地上，讲些莫名其妙的话。 他不知道该做什么或该说什么才好。 他要求他站起来，但是唐吉诃德不肯。 最后他不得不答应。 「先生，我就相信你会同意的。 现在让我告诉你我要求的是什么吧！ 明天，当太阳升起时，你必须任命我为武士。 而为了受之无愧，今天晚上我会彻夜不眠。 |
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