"I say it," he returned, "because those blows just now were more because of the quarrel the devil stirred up between us both the other night, than for what I said against my lady Dulcinea, whom I love and reverence as I would a relic—though there is nothing of that about her—merely as something belonging to your worship."
-Dígolo -respondió- porque estos palos de agora más fueron por la pendencia que entre los dos trabó el diablo la otra noche, que por lo que dije contra mi señora Dulcinea, a quien amo y reverencio como a una reliquia, aunque en ella no lo haya, sólo por ser cosa de vuestra merced.