Don Quixote, Chapter 16 summary
Chapter 16 of 129 · Part 1 · 12 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 16, Don Quixote and Sancho receive care at an inn, but Don Quixote mistakes Maritornes for a noblewoman seeking his love and holds her against her wishes. The muleteer attacks him, a wider fight breaks out, and a constable mistakes the unconscious knight for a murder victim.
What happens
- The innkeeper’s wife and her helpers treat Don Quixote, while Sancho explains their injuries as the effects of a fall.
- Sancho praises his master’s calling and hopes for rewards, while Don Quixote addresses his hosts as castle dwellers.
- Maritornes enters the sleeping room to meet the muleteer, but Don Quixote grabs her and imagines her as a noble admirer.
- The muleteer punches Don Quixote and tramples his ribs, causing the weak bed to collapse.
- Maritornes hides beside Sancho, who strikes her; the muleteer and innkeeper join the fight, and the lantern goes out.
- A constable mistakes unconscious Don Quixote for a dead man, stops the fighting, and goes to obtain another light.
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