They had gone about three-quarters of a league when they discovered Don Quixote in a wilderness of rocks, by this time clothed, but without his armour; and as soon as Dorothea saw him and was told by Sancho that that was Don Quixote, she whipped her palfrey, the well-bearded barber following her, and on coming up to him her squire sprang from his mule and came forward to receive her in his arms, and she dismounting with great ease of manner advanced to kneel before the feet of Don Quixote; and though he strove to raise her up, she without rising addressed him in this fashion:
Tres cuartos de legua habrían andado, cuando descubrieron a don Quijote entre unas intricadas peñas, ya vestido, aunque no armado; y, así como Dorotea le vio y fue informada de Sancho que aquél era don Quijote, dio del azote a su palafrén, siguiéndole el bien barbado barbero. Y, en llegando junto a él, el escudero se arrojó de la mula y fue a tomar en los brazos a Dorotea, la cual, apeándose con grande desenvoltura, se fue a hincar de rodillas ante las de don Quijote; y, aunque él pugnaba por levantarla, ella, sin levantarse, le fabló en esta guisa: