Sancho had told the curate and the barber of the adventure of the galley slaves, which, so much to his glory, his master had achieved, and hence the curate in alluding to it made the most of it to see what would be said or done by Don Quixote; who changed colour at every word, not daring to say that it was he who had been the liberator of those worthy people. "These, then," said the curate, "were they who robbed us; and God in his mercy pardon him who would not let them go to the punishment they deserved."
Habíales contado Sancho al cura y al barbero la aventura de los galeotes, que acabó su amo con tanta gloria suya, y por esto cargaba la mano el cura refiriéndola, por ver lo que hacía o decía don Quijote; al cual se le mudaba la color a cada palabra, y no osaba decir que él había sido el libertador de aquella buena gente. -Éstos, pues -dijo el cura-, fueron los que nos robaron; que Dios, por su misericordia, se lo perdone al que no los dejó llevar al debido suplicio.