Supplement to Polydore Virgil on the Invention of Antiquities ; for I believe he never thought of inserting that of cards in his book, as I mean to do in mine, and it will be a matter of great importance, particularly when I can cite so grave and veracious an authority as Señor Durandarte. And the fourth thing is, that I have ascertained the source of the river Guadiana, heretofore unknown to mankind.”

“You are right,” said Don Quixote; “but I should like to know, if by God’s favour they grant you a licence to print those books of yours⁠—which I doubt⁠—to whom do you mean to dedicate them?”

“There are lords and grandees in Spain to whom they can be dedicated,” said the cousin.