I know not why it was that on saying this to me her eyes filled with tears, and there came a lump in her throat that prevented her from uttering a word of many more that it seemed to me she was striving to say to me.
Todo era engrandecer yo mi ventura, por habérmela dado el cielo por señora: exageraba su belleza, admirábame de su valor y entendimiento. Volvíame ella el recambio, alabando en mí lo que, como enamorada, le parecía digno de alabanza.