"That I will with all my heart, senor," said the girl, who seemed to be about fourteen, more or less; and leaving the clothes she was washing to one of her companions, and without putting anything on her head or feet, for she was bare-legged and had her hair hanging about her, away she skipped in front of the page's horse, saying, "Come, your worship, our house is at the entrance of the town, and my mother is there, sorrowful enough at not having had any news of my father this ever so long."
-Eso haré yo de muy buena gana, señor mío -respondió la moza, que mostraba ser de edad de catorce años, poco más a menos. Y, dejando la ropa que lavaba a otra compañera, sin tocarse ni calzarse, que estaba en piernas y desgreñada, saltó delante de la cabalgadura del paje, y dijo: -Venga vuesa merced, que a la entrada del pueblo está nuestra casa, y mi madre en ella, con harta pena por no haber sabido muchos días ha de mi señor padre.