<P> After escaping the musketeers, Don Quixote and Sancho ride to a nearby inn . Once again, Don Quixote imagines the inn is a castle, although Sancho is not quite convinced . Don Quixote is given a bed in a former hayloft, and Sancho sleeps on the rug next to the bed; they share the loft with a muleteer . When night comes, Don Quixote imagines the servant girl at the inn, Helen, to be a beautiful princess, and makes her sit on his bed with him, scaring her . Seeing what is happening, the muleteer attacks Don Quixote, breaking the fragile bed and leading to a large and chaotic fight in which Don Quixote and Sancho are once again badly hurt . Don Quixote's explanation for everything is that they fought with an enchanted Moor . He also believes that he can cure their wounds with a mixture he calls "the balm of Firearbras", which only makes them sick . Don Quixote and Sancho decide to leave the inn, but Quixote, following the example of the fictional knights, leaves without paying . Sancho, however, remains and ends up wrapped in a blanket and tossed up in the air (blanketed) by several mischievous guests at the inn, something that is often mentioned over the rest of the novel . After his release, he and Don Quixote continue their travels . </P> <P> After Don Quixote has adventures involving a dead body, a helmet, and freeing a group of galley slaves, he and Sancho wander into the Sierra Morena and there encounter the dejected Cardenio . Cardenio relates the first part of his story, in which he falls deeply in love with his childhood friend Luscinda, and is hired as the companion to the Duke's son, leading to his friendship with the Duke's younger son, Don Fernando . Cardenio confides in Don Fernando his love for Luscinda and the delays in their engagement, caused by Cardenio's desire to keep with tradition . After reading Cardenio's poems praising Luscinda, Don Fernando falls in love with her . Don Quixote interrupts when Cardenio suggests that his beloved may have become unfaithful after the formulaic stories of spurned lovers in chivalric novels . They get into a fight, ending with Cardenio beating all of them and walking away to the mountains . </P> <P> Quixote pines for Dulcinea, imitating Cardenio . Quixote sends Sancho to deliver a letter to Dulcinea, but instead Sancho finds the barber and priest and brings them to Quixote . The priest and barber make plans to trick Don Quixote to come home . They get the help of Dorotea, a woman who has been deceived by Don Fernando . She pretends that she is the Princess Micomicona and desperate to get Quixote's help . Quixote runs into Andres, who insults his incompetence . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (June 2016) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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