The duke and duchess hearing this, and guessing what it was, ran with all haste to his room, and as the poor gentleman was striving with all his might to detach the cat from his face, they opened the door with a master-key and went in with lights and witnessed the unequal combat.
Oyendo lo cual el duque y la duquesa, y considerando lo que podía ser, con mucha presteza acudieron a su estancia, y, abriendo con llave maestra, vieron al pobre caballero pugnando con todas sus fuerzas por arrancar el gato de su rostro.