"That I have still to furnish," said the farmer; "but a time will come when we may be able if we are not now; and I can tell you, senor, if I could paint her gracefulness and her tall figure, it would astonish you; but that is impossible because she is bent double with her knees up to her mouth; but for all that it is easy to see that if she could stand up she'd knock her head against the ceiling; and she would have given her hand to my bachelor ere this, only that she can't stretch it out, for it's contracted; but still one can see its elegance and fine make by its long furrowed nails."
-Eso tengo yo por servir -respondió el labrador-, pero tiempo vendrá en que seamos, si ahora no somos. Y digo, señor, que si pudiera pintar su gentileza y la altura de su cuerpo, fuera cosa de admiración; pero no puede ser, a causa de que ella está agobiada y encogida, y tiene las rodillas con la boca, y, con todo eso, se echa bien de ver que si se pudiera levantar, diera con la cabeza en el techo; y ya ella hubiera dado la mano de esposa a mi bachiller, sino que no la puede estender, que está añudada; y, con todo, en las uñas largas y acanaladas se muestra su bondad y buena hechura.