Don Quixote, Chapter 15 summary

What happens

1. After searching unsuccessfully for Marcela, Don Quixote and Sancho rest beside a stream and let their animals graze.
2. Rocinante approaches some mares, which kick and bite him, and their muleteers knock him down with clubs.
3. Don Quixote attacks the muleteers, Sancho joins him, and the outnumbered pair suffer a severe beating.
4. Don Quixote blames his breach of chivalric rules, but Sancho refuses further fighting and asks for practical treatment.
5. Sancho places Don Quixote on his unhurt donkey, leads the animals toward the road, and enters an inn despite their argument over its identity.

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What to notice

Sancho places physical suffering above disputes about honor. His response exposes the gap between his immediate needs and his master's explanations.

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