zoo22
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You are splitting hairs. I guess because she never rides up on a horse and makes conversation you call that not appearing. But...
" Pressured into finding Dulcinea, Sancho brings back three dirty and ragged peasant girls, and tells Don Quixote that they are Dulcinea and her ladies-in-waiting. When Don Quixote only sees the peasant girls, Sancho pretends that their derelict appearance results from an enchantment. Sancho later gets his comeuppance for this when, as part of one of the duke and duchess's pranks, the two are led to believe that the only method to release Dulcinea from her spell is for Sancho to give himself a surplus of three thousand lashes. Sancho naturally resists this course of action, leading to friction with his master."
Nobody's splitting hairs. And your Cliffs Notes quote or whatever it is doesn't say anything otherwise... In fact, it gives a couple of examples of her not being there.