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Sancho was greatly grieved at the affair , because he anticipated that those who had fled would report the matter to the Holy Brotherhood , who at the summons of the alarm-bell would at once sally forth in quest of the offenders ; and he said so to his master , and entreated him to leave the place at once , and go into hiding in the sierra that was close by . `` That is all very well , '' said Don Quixote , `` but I know what must be done now ; '' and calling together all the galley slaves , who were now running riot , and had stripped the commissary to the skin , he collected them round him to hear what he had to say , and addressed them as follows : `` To be grateful for benefits received is the part of persons of good birth , and one of the sins most offensive to God is ingratitude ; I say so because , sirs , ye have already seen by manifest proof the benefit ye have received of me ; in return for which I desire , and it is my good pleasure that , laden with that chain which I have taken off your necks , ye at once set out and proceed to the city of El Toboso , and there present yourselves before the lady Dulcinea del Toboso , and say to her that her knight , he of the Rueful Countenance , sends to commend himself to her ; and that ye recount to her in full detail all the particulars of this notable adventure , up to the recovery of your longed-for liberty ; and this done ye may go where ye will , and good fortune attend you . '' Gines de Pasamonte made answer for all , saying , `` That which you , sir , our deliverer , demand of us , is of all impossibilities the most impossible to comply with , because we can not go together along the roads , but only singly and separate , and each one his own way , endeavouring to hide ourselves in the bowels of the earth to escape the Holy Brotherhood , which , no doubt , will come out in search of us . What your worship may do , and fairly do , is to change this service and tribute as regards the lady Dulcinea del Toboso for a certain quantity of ave-marias and credos which we will say for your worship 's intention , and this is a condition that can be complied with by night as by day , running or resting , in peace or in war ; but to imagine that we are going now to return to the flesh-pots of Egypt , I mean to take up our chain and set out for El Toboso , is to imagine that it is now night , though it is not yet ten in the morning , and to ask this of us is like asking pears of the elm tree . '' `` Then by all that 's good , '' said Don Quixote -LRB- now stirred to wrath -RRB- , `` Don son of a bitch , Don Ginesillo de Paropillo , or whatever your name is , you will have to go yourself alone , with your tail between your legs and the whole chain on your back . '' Pasamonte , who was anything but meek -LRB- being by this time thoroughly convinced that Don Quixote was not quite right in his head as he had committed such a vagary as to set them free -RRB- , finding himself abused in this fashion , gave the wink to his companions , and falling back they began to shower stones on Don Quixote at such a rate that he was quite unable to protect himself with his buckler , and poor Rocinante no more heeded the spur than if he had been made of brass . Sancho planted himself behind his ass , and with him sheltered himself from the hailstorm that poured on both of them .