Don Quixote, Chapter 35 summary

What happens

1. Sancho Panza interrupts the reading to announce that Don Quixote defeats the giant, but the company discovers him slashing wine skins asleep.
2. The barber wakes Don Quixote with cold water, while Sancho insists that enchantment explains the missing head.
3. The priest promises compensation, Dorotea reassures Sancho about his county, and the reading resumes.
4. Anselmo discovers Leonela’s lover, and her promise of revelations frightens Camila into seeking shelter with Lotario.
5. Camila enters a convent, Lotario leaves the city, and Anselmo discovers their disappearance before dying while writing an admission of responsibility.
6. Lotario dies in battle, Camila takes vows and dies of grief, and the priest questions the story’s credibility.

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What to notice

Anselmo’s unfinished written confession assigns responsibility to his own desire rather than only to Camila’s betrayal. It gives the embedded tale its explicit judgment.

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