Attired now to his satisfaction, Don Quixote sets out for his first adventure. He travels all day until he comes to an inn at dusk. Disappointed at having found no adventure at all, he pleases himself by considering the inn a great castle with buttresses, moat, and lofty pinnacles. The innkeeper has no food for his strange guest other than salt fish (it is Friday) and moldy bread, but the Don's madness turns his repast into delicate trout and most excellent bread. The two prostitutes who wait on him are lovely damsels in his fancied world, and he addresses them as great ladies. The wenches help the knight undo his armor, but he does not allow them to cut the green ribbons that secure the headpiece. Despite their help, Don Quixote has great difficulty in eating and drinking with his helmet on; he is also obliged to sleep with it on.
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