."

"That I believe," said Sancho; "and they would be great fools if
they did or thought otherwise; once more I say, see to my feeding
and my Dapple's for that is the great point and what is most to the
purpose; and when the hour comes let us go the rounds, for it is my
intention to purge this island of all manner of uncleanness and of all
idle good-for-nothing vagabonds; for I would have you know that lazy
idlers are the same  in a  as the drones in a hive, that eat
up the honey the industrious bees make. I mean to protect the
husbandman, to preserve to the gentleman his privileges, to reward the
virtuous, and above all to  religion and honour its
ministers. What say you to that, my friends? Is there anything in what
I say, or am I talking to no purpose?"

"There is so much in what your  says, senor governor," said
the majordomo, "that I am filled with  when I see a man like
your , entirely without learning (for I believe you have none
at all), say such , and so full of sound maxims and sage
remarks, very different from what was expected of your 's
intelligence by those who sent