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Samson Carrasco Unmasked and Don Gregorio's Return

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Summary

Don Antonio follows the Knight of the White Moon to a city hostel until he reveals himself as the bachelor Samson Carrasco, who once fought Quixote as the Knight of the Mirrors to bind him home for a year and cure his craze but was vanquished until today's beach combat succeeded. He begs Don Antonio not to betray him, while Don Antonio replies that Don Quixote's sanity can never equal the enjoyment his crazes give and privately wishes he may never be cured.

Samson rides away, the viceroy hears and is displeased, and Quixote keeps his bed six days dejected while Sancho quotes proverbs. Don Antonio brings news that Don Gregorio and the renegade have come ashore; Quixote laments that he who must not take up arms for a year should handle the distaff rather than boast of Barbary rescues. Gregorio reunites with Ana Felix in silent love, the renegade is reconciled with the Church, and Ricote rewards the rescue while they plan Ana Felix's stay in Spain despite Ricote's praise of Don Bernardino de Velasco's Morisco policy. Tearful partings follow as Don Antonio and Gregorio leave for the capital, Ana Felix stays with Don Antonio's wife, and Quixote and Sancho take the road at last without armour, Sancho on foot and Dapple loaded.

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Why This Matters

Skill: Reading When Cure and Rescue Arrive Together

Samson Carrasco unmasks the White Moon as a cure plot, Don Gregorio returns to Ana Felix, and Barcelona turns from combat to departure. Gregorio reunites with Ana Felix in silent love, the renegade is reconciled with the Church, and Ricote rewards the rescue while they plan Ana Felix's stay in Spain despite Ricote's praise of Don Bernardino de Velasco's Morisco policy; tearful partings follow as Don Antonio and Gregorio leave for the capital, Ana Felix stays with Don Antonio's wife, and Quixote and Sancho take the road at last without armour, Sancho on foot and Dapple loaded.

That the unmasking frees one lover while binding the knight to a year at home.

Coming Up in Chapter 118

Don Quixote turns at the city gate to look once more at the spot where he fell to the Knight of the White Moon, then sets Rocinante's head toward home Leaving Barcelona, Don Quixote gazes at where he fell and cries Here Troy was, blaming ill-luck not cowardice for dimming his glory, while Sancho calls Fortune a drunken whimsical blind jade. Quixote says heaven.

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Chapter 117

Samson Carrasco Unmasked and Don Gregorio's Return

CHAPTER LXV. WHEREIN IS MADE KNOWN WHO THE KNIGHT OF THE WHITE MOON WAS; LIKEWISE DON GREGORIO’S RELEASE, AND OTHER EVENTS Don Antonio Moreno followed the Knight of the White Moon, and a number of boys followed him too, nay pursued him, until they had him fairly housed in a hostel in the heart of the city. Don Antonio, eager to make his acquaintance, entered also; a squire came out to meet him and remove his armour, and he shut himself into a lower room, still attended by Don Antonio, whose bread would not bake until he had found out…

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Critical Thinking Exercise

10 minutes

Name the When Samson Carrasco's Cure Defeats the Knight and Gregorio Returns Move

Re-read the chapter summary and write down where when samson carrasco's cure defeats the knight and gregorio returns first appears, who pays for it, and who benefits from keeping it going. Then write one sentence you could say to interrupt the pattern without shaming the person caught in it.

Consider:

  • •Separate the person's worth from the pattern's cost
  • •Notice who has power to stop or fuel the scene
  • •Ask what truth would require someone to give up

Journaling Prompt

Write about a time when you saw when samson carrasco's cure defeats the knight and gregorio returns in your own life. What finally made the pattern impossible to ignore?

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