Don Quixote by Miquel de Cervantes, Chapter VI, Paragraphs 9-16
Paragraph 9: The housekeeper obeyed with great satisfaction, and the worthy "Esplandian" went flying into the yard to await with all patience the fire that was in store for him.TIM-ELVIS' OBSERVATIONS ON PARAGRAPH 9:
The snooty housekeeper chucks the book into the yard for burning.
Paragraph 10: "Proceed," said the curate.TIM-ELVIS' OBSERVATIONS ON PARAGRAPH 10:
The priest says to move on with the examination of the books.
Paragraph 11: "This that comes next," said the barber, "is 'Amadis of Greece,' and, indeed, I believe all those on this side are of the same Amadis lineage."TIM-ELVIS' OBSERVATIONS ON PARAGRAPH 11:
The next book is Amadis of Greece. In fact all of the books in one section are Amadis books (it apparently was like the Hardy Boys series of chivalry).
Paragraph 12:"Then to the yard with the whole of them," said the curate; "for to have the burning of Queen Pintiquiniestra, and the shepherd Darinel and his eclogues, and the bedevilled and involved discourses of his author, I would burn with them the father who begot me if he were going about in the guise of a knight-errant."TIM-ELVIS' OBSERVATIONS ON PARAGRAPH 12:
The priest then suggests they just burn all of them (if only this had been the case with the sequel to Grease, the movie).
Paragraphs 13-15: "I am of the same mind," said the barber.TIM-ELVIS' OBSERVATIONS ON PARAGRAPHS 13-15:
"And so am I," added the niece.
"In that case," said the housekeeper, "here, into the yard with them!"
Everyone agrees.
Paragraph 16: They were handed to her, and as there were many of them, she spared herself the staircase, and flung them down out of the window.TIM-ELVIS' OBSERVATIONS ON PARAGRAPH 16:
The housekeeper doesn't even bother to carry all of the books about Amadis downstairs and out to the yard. She simply chucks them out the window.
Let's hope they take the same course with the rest of the library and get on with this thing.

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