Sancho Panza by name, is my own self, if I was not changed in my cradle. - Miguel de Cervantes

And indeed, if the truth is to be told, what I eat in my corner without form or fuss has much more relish for me, even though it be bread and onions, than the turkeys of those other tables where I am forced to chew slowly, drink little, wipe my mouth every minute, and cannot sneeze or cough if I want or do other things that are the privileges of liberty and solitude.

Ésa es natural condición de mujeres — dijo don Quijote — : desdeñar a quien las quiere y amar a quien las aborrece.

Sancho tried to amuse him and cheer him up by chatting to him, and said, among other things, what is recorded in the next chapter.