Shepherdesses
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At this instant there came up to the spot where the four stood a brother of one of the two
shepherdesses
, like them in shepherd costume, and as richly and gaily dressed as they were.
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The premise is that a modern filmmaker is interpreting a 17th century fable about the loves of shepherds and
shepherdesses
set in the distant past when Druids were the spiritual leaders.
The "old blue" that we hang about our walls as ornaments were the common every-day household utensils of a few centuries ago; and the pink shepherds and the yellow
shepherdesses
that we hand round now for all our friends to gush over, and pretend they understand, were the unvalued mantel-ornaments that the mother of the eighteenth century would have given the baby to suck when he cried.
But just as he was about to press forward and break through all, suddenly from among some trees two
shepherdesses
of surpassing beauty presented themselves to his sight—or at least damsels dressed like shepherdesses, save that their jerkins and sayas were of fine brocade; that is to say, the sayas were rich farthingales of gold embroidered tabby.
One of the shepherdesses, at length, was the first to speak and said to Don Quixote, "Hold, sir knight, and do not break these nets; for they are not spread here to do you any harm, but only for our amusement; and as I know you will ask why they have been put up, and who we are, I will tell you in a few words.
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