“If, Señores, you wish me to tell you briefly about the immensity of my misfortunes, you must promise not to interrupt the thread of my sad history with any question, or with anything else, because the moment you interrupt will be the moment my narration ends.”
This is such an interesting preoccupation of the author. We do have a habit of interrupting each other, and it turns out that way in this case that Don Quixote can't help but go on and on about his collection of books, just because the narrator spoke of a book. Is there a lesson here? Is it better to hear people out, even if they tell stories terribly or in an unfocused way? Not to cut in, even if we have something pertinent and interesting to share?
