Do thou tell Camilla what thou hast proposed about a pretended amour of mine; as for the verses will make them, and if not as good as the subject deserves, they shall be at least the best I can produce." An agreement to this effect was made between the friends, the ill-advised one and the treacherous, and Anselmo returning to his house asked Camilla the question she already wondered he had not asked before—what it was that had caused her to write the letter she had sent him.
Dile tú a Camila lo que has dicho del fingimiento de mis amores, que los versos yo los haré; si no tan buenos como el subjeto merece, serán, por lo menos, los mejores que yo pudiere. »Quedaron deste acuerdo el impertinente y el traidor amigo; y, vuelto Anselmo a su casa, preguntó a Camila lo que ella ya se maravillaba que no se lo hubiese preguntado: que fue que le dijese la ocasión por que le había escrito el papel que le envió.