| Back | To carry on the joke, then, the same evening they despatched Sancho with a large following to the village that was to serve him for an island. It happened that the person who had him in charge was a majordomo of the duke's, a man of great discretion and humour—and there can be no humour without discretion—and the same who played the part of the Countess Trifaldi in the comical way that has been already described; and thus qualified, and instructed by his master and mistress as to how to deal with Sancho, he carried out their scheme admirably. |
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| Front | Acaeció, pues, que el que le llevaba a cargo era un mayordomo del duque, muy discreto y muy gracioso -que no puede haber gracia donde no hay discreción-, el cual había hecho la persona de la condesa Trifaldi, con el donaire que queda referido; y con esto, y con ir industriado de sus señores de cómo se había de haber con Sancho, salió con su intento maravillosamente. |
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