Altisidora was about to proceed with her complaint against Don Quixote, when he said to her, "I have several times told you, senora that it grieves me you should have set your affections upon me, as from mine they can only receive gratitude, but no return. I was born to belong to Dulcinea del Toboso, and the fates, if there are any, dedicated me to her; and to suppose that any other beauty can take the place she occupies in my heart is to suppose an impossibility.
Iba Altisidora a proseguir en quejarse de don Quijote, cuando le dijo don Quijote: -Muchas veces os he dicho, señora, que a mí me pesa de que hayáis colocado en mí vuestros pensamientos, pues de los míos antes pueden ser agradecidos que remediados; yo nací para ser de Dulcinea del Toboso, y los hados, si los hubiera, me dedicaron para ella; y pensar que otra alguna hermosura ha de ocupar el lugar que en mi alma tiene es pensar lo imposible.