At this proposal Sancho opened his eyes and his ears a palm's breadth wide, and in his heart very readily acquiesced in whipping himself, and said he to his master, "Very well then, senor, I'll hold myself in readiness to gratify your worship's wishes if I'm to profit by it; for the love of my wife and children forces me to seem grasping.
A cuyos ofrecimientos abrió Sancho los ojos y las orejas de un palmo, y dio consentimiento en su corazón a azotarse de buena gana; y dijo a su amo: -Agora bien, señor, yo quiero disponerme a dar gusto a vuestra merced en lo que desea, con provecho mío; que el amor de mis hijos y de mi mujer me hace que me muestre interesado.