What Passed Between Don Quixote and the Goatherds.
Don Quixote is so delighted to find himself in humble surroundings that, instead of eating, he makes an eloquent speech about the virtues of the Golden Age when men lived in close communion with nature. When human nature lost this purity and innocence, then the order of knighthood was established in order to oppose the torrent of violence. The goatherds do not understand a word of the talk, but they stare attentively and listen while they eat. As if to return the respect of the knight who so sincerely expressed his ideas, one of the goatherds introduces a young boy whose beautiful singing and playing entertains the company. Sancho, who had been gorging himself with meat and wine while Don Quixote made his speech, promptly falls asleep when the music begins.
