Trifaldin of the White Beard

Also known as: Trifaldin / squire Trifaldin of the White Beard · Role: squire · First appears: Part 2, Ch. 36.2

Life events

Trifaldin requests permission for Countess Trifaldi to enter and seek Don Quixote’s aid.(Part 2, Ch. 36.2 · 📍 garden)
- With: Countess Trifaldi the duke Don Quixote
- “Most high and mighty señor, my name is Trifaldin of the White Beard; I am squire to the Countess Trifaldi, otherwise called the Distressed Duenna, on whose behalf I bear a message to your highness, which is that your magnificence will be pleased to grant her leave and permission to come and tell you her trouble”
Malambruno punished the duennas by transforming their faces into bearded countenances.(Part 2, Ch. 39 · 📍 Kandy)
- With: Malambruno
- “the very instant he ceased speaking we all felt the pores of our faces opening, and pricking us, as if with the points of needles.”

servant: Countess Trifaldi (Trifaldin explicitly identifies himself as the Countess's squire.) “Most high and mighty señor, my name is Trifaldin of the White Beard; I am squire to the Countess Trifaldi, otherwise called the Distressed Duenna, on whose behalf I bear a message to your highness”
employer: Countess Trifaldi “my name is Trifaldin of the White Beard; I am squire to the Countess Trifaldi”

employer: Countess Trifaldi (Trifaldin is explicitly identified as the countess's squire.) “Behind them came the Countess Trifaldi, the squire Trifaldin of the White Beard leading her by the hand, clad in the finest unnapped black baize, such that, had it a nap, every tuft would have shown as big as a Martos chickpea;”

Extracted from the original text of Don Quixote (Ormsby's translation). Made with Rho MD.