When Sancho discovered he could not find the book his face grew deadly pale, and in great haste he again felt his body all over, and seeing plainly it was not to be found, without more ado he seized his beard with both hands and plucked away half of it, and then, as quick as he could and without stopping, gave himself half a dozen cuffs on the face and nose till they were bathed in blood.
Cuando Sancho vio que no hallaba el libro, fuésele parando mortal el rostro; y, tornándose a tentar todo el cuerpo muy apriesa, tornó a echar de ver que no le hallaba; y, sin más ni más, se echó entrambos puños a las barbas y se arrancó la mitad de ellas, y luego, apriesa y sin cesar, se dio media docena de puñadas en el rostro y en las narices, que se las bañó todas en sangre.