Antonio Moreno’s wife was delighted to have Ana Félix in her house. Charmed by the girl’s beauty and good sense alike, she welcomed her warmly, and the people of the city came flocking to see the Morisco girl as if a bell had been rung.
Don Quixote did not like the plan they had settled on for rescuing Don Gaspar. It held more danger than use, he said. He asked them instead to set him down in Barbary with his arms and his horse. Just as Gaiferos rescued his wife Melisendra in the puppet show of chapter 27, he would bring the young man back even if every Moor stood in his way.
Sancho pointed out that Gaiferos had taken his wife from dry land to France by dry land, while this time the sea lay in between. His master said there was a remedy for everything but death. Sancho said that from saying to doing is a long road, and that he would put his trust in the renegade. Two days later the renegade left in a swift boat with six oars on each side, and two days after that the galleys left for the eastern seas.