It came to pass, then, that having sallied forth one morning to practise and exercise himself in what he would have to do in the encounter he expected to find himself engaged in the next day, as he was putting Rocinante through his paces or pressing him to the charge, he brought his feet so close to a pit that but for reining him in tightly it would have been impossible for him to avoid falling into it.
Sucedió, pues, que, saliéndose una mañana a imponerse y ensayarse en lo que había de hacer en el trance en que otro día pensaba verse, dando un repelón o arremetida a Rocinante, llegó a poner los pies tan junto a una cueva, que, a no tirarle fuertemente las riendas, fuera imposible no caer en ella.