and it might be necessary to fall back upon wages) how much did the

squire of a knight-errant get in those days, and did they agree by the

month, or by the day like bricklayers?"

"I do not believe," replied Don Quixote, "that such squires were

ever on wages, but were dependent on favour; and if I have now

mentioned thine in the sealed will I have left at home, it was with

a view to what may happen; for as yet I know not how chivalry will

turn out in these wretched times of ours, and I do not wish my soul to