The duke and duchess and the kings Minos and Rhadamanthus stood up, and all, together with Don Quixote and Sancho, advanced to receive her and take her down from the catafalque; and she, making as though she were recovering from a swoon, bowed her head to the duke and duchess and to the kings, and looking sideways at Don Quixote, said to him, "God forgive thee, insensible knight, for through thy cruelty I have been, to me it seems, more than a thousand years in the other world; and to thee, the most compassionate upon earth, I render thanks for the life I am now in possession of.
¡Altisidora viva! Levantáronse los duques y los reyes Minos y Radamanto, y todos juntos, con don Quijote y Sancho, fueron a recebir a Altisidora y a bajarla del túmulo; la cual, haciendo de la desmayada, se inclinó a los duques y a los reyes, y, mirando de través a don Quijote, le dijo: -Dios te lo perdone, desamorado caballero, pues por tu crueldad he estado en el otro mundo, a mi parecer, más de mil años; y a ti, ¡oh el más compasivo escudero que contiene el orbe!, te agradezco la vida que poseo.