"The priest stood waiting for the answer of Luscinda, who for a long time withheld it; and just as I thought she was taking out the dagger to save her honour, or struggling for words to make some declaration of the truth on my behalf, I heard her say in a faint and feeble voice, 'I will:' Don Fernando said the same, and giving her the ring they stood linked by a knot that could never be loosed. The bridegroom then approached to embrace his bride; and she, pressing her hand upon her heart, fell fainting in her mother's arms.
»Estaba esperando el cura la respuesta de Luscinda, que se detuvo un buen espacio en darla, y, cuando yo pensé que sacaba la daga para acreditarse, o desataba la lengua para decir alguna verdad o desengaño que en mi provecho redundase, oigo que dijo con voz desmayada y flaca: ''Sí quiero''; y lo mesmo dijo don Fernando; y, dándole el anillo, quedaron en disoluble nudo ligados.