Leandra withdrawn from sight, Anselmo's eyes grew blind, or at any rate found nothing to look at that gave them any pleasure, and mine were in darkness without a ray of light to direct them to anything enjoyable while Leandra was away. Our melancholy grew greater, our patience grew less; we cursed the soldier's finery and railed at the carelessness of Leandra's father.
»Encerrada Leandra, quedaron los ojos de Anselmo ciegos, a lo menos sin tener cosa que mirar que contento le diese; los míos en tinieblas, sin luz que a ninguna cosa de gusto les encaminase; con la ausencia de Leandra, crecía nuestra tristeza, apocábase nuestra paciencia, maldecíamos las galas del soldado y abominábamos del poco recato del padre de Leandra.