Don Quixote, Chapter 33 summary

What happens

1. After helping Anselmo marry Camila, Lotario limits his visits to protect their reputations, but Anselmo presses him to return.
2. Anselmo asks Lotario to court Camila as a test, and Lotario argues that this needless trial risks everyone's honor.
3. Lotario reluctantly agrees to prevent Anselmo from involving someone else, then invents reports without actually courting Camila.
4. Anselmo supplies money for temptation, discovers Lotario's silence by spying, and secures his promise to make a genuine attempt.
5. Anselmo leaves for an eight-day visit despite Camila's objections, while Leonela sometimes fails to keep her mistress accompanied.
6. After three days of resisting his growing desire, Lotario courts Camila; she withdraws and sends Anselmo a note that night.

What to notice

Lotario identifies the experiment's unequal risks. His warning contrasts with Anselmo's insistence on proof and with his own surrender to desire.

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