At daybreak Sancho stole over to Rocinante and untied his legs.
As Rocinante went down, our gallant hero went over his head, and after he had struck the ground he rolled for some distance.
He said he preferred to eat outside and asked that they bring him the food, and also some barley for Rocinante.
Rocinante might have fallen into the hole had not Don Quixote swiftly pulled in the reins and held him back.
Sancho's soft heart now turned to Rocinante, who had been the cause of all the trouble.
