the page

Also known as: a page / a real ambassador / page · Family: duke's household · Role: page · First appears: Part 2, Ch. 24.3

In Part 2, Ch. 24.3, Don Quixote served as the page’s mentor and patron: he urged him not to dwell on adverse chances and offered him food and a ride, telling him to “get ye up behind me on my horse as far as the inn.” By Ch. 36.1, the page was employed by the majordomo, who arranged for him to represent Dulcinea. In Ch. 47.2, he was employed by Sancho Panza, with instructions to ensure that the visitor was not a spy or assassin.

In Ch. 50.1, the page, described as “very sharp and quick-witted,” willingly set out to serve the duke and the duchess, carrying letters and presents to Teresa Panza’s village. He identified himself to the duchess as a servant of her lady, Teresa Panza, who received him with generous hospitality, while the curate took him home and questioned him about Don Quixote and his doings. By Ch. 52.1, the page entered the feast at Teresa Panza’s house and placed the letters he had carried into the duchess’s hand.

Relationship record

Part 2, Ch. 24.3

mentor: Don Quixote “And bear in mind what I am now about to say to you, for it will be of great use and comfort to you in time of trouble; it is, not to let your mind dwell on the adverse chances that may befall you; for the worst of all is death, and if it be a good death, the best of all is to die.”
patron: Don Quixote “But for the present I won’t say more than get ye up behind me on my horse as far as the inn, and sup with me there, and to-morrow you shall pursue your journey, and God give you as good speed as your intentions deserve.”

Part 2, Ch. 26.2

patron: Don Quixote (Don Quixote gives the page money to help him continue his journey.) “Before it was daylight the man with the lances and halberds took his departure, and soon after daybreak the cousin and the page came to bid Don Quixote farewell, the former returning home, the latter resuming his journey, towards which, to help him, Don Quixote gave him twelve reals.”

Part 2, Ch. 36.1

employer: the majordomo “The duke had a majordomo of a very facetious and sportive turn, and he it was that played the part of Merlin, made all the arrangements for the late adventure, composed the verses, and got a page to represent Dulcinea;”

Part 2, Ch. 47.2

employer: Sancho Panza “However, tell this good man to come in; but take care first of all that he is not some spy or one of my assassins.”

Part 2, Ch. 50.1

employer: the duke “Now the history says this page was very sharp and quick-witted; and eager to serve his lord and lady he set off very willingly for Sancho’s village.”
employer: the duchess “A servant of my lady, Doña Teresa Panza,” replied the page;”

Part 2, Ch. 50.2

patron: Teresa Panza “And now, Sanchica, see that the gentleman is comfortable; put up his horse, and get some eggs out of the stable, and cut plenty of bacon, and let’s give him his dinner like a prince”

Part 2, Ch. 50.3

patron: the curate “The page refused, but had to consent at last for his own sake; and the curate took him home with him very gladly, in order to have an opportunity of questioning him at leisure about Don Quixote and his doings.”
patron: Teresa Panza “Come and do penance with me,” said the curate at this; “for Señora Teresa has more will than means to serve so worthy a guest.”
employer: the duke “All I know, sirs,” replied the page, “is that I am a real ambassador, and that Señor Sancho Panza is governor as a matter of fact, and that my lord and lady the duke and duchess can give, and have given him this same government”
employer: the duchess “All I know, sirs,” replied the page, “is that I am a real ambassador, and that Señor Sancho Panza is governor as a matter of fact, and that my lord and lady the duke and duchess can give, and have given him this same government”

Part 2, Ch. 52.1

employer: the duke “the page who had carried the letters and presents to Teresa Panza, the wife of the governor Sancho, entered the hall; and the duke and duchess were very well pleased to see him, being anxious to know the result of his journey”
employer: the duchess “the page who had carried the letters and presents to Teresa Panza, the wife of the governor Sancho, entered the hall; and the duke and duchess were very well pleased to see him, being anxious to know the result of his journey”
with Teresa Panza (The page delivers letters and presents to Teresa Panza.) “And now, to complete the enjoyment of the feast and bring the dinner to a satisfactory end, lo and behold the page who had carried the letters and presents to Teresa Panza, the wife of the governor Sancho, entered the hall”
with the duchess (The page delivers Teresa Panza's letter to the duchess.) “and taking out the letters he placed them in the duchess’s hand”

Part 2, Ch. 52.2

employer: the duchess “The duchess withdrew to hear from the page about his adventures in Sancho’s village, which he narrated at full length without leaving a single circumstance unmentioned.”

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