"I protest, Senor Don Quixote," said the duchess, "that in all you say, you go most cautiously and lead in hand, as the saying is; henceforth I will believe myself, and I will take care that everyone in my house believes, even my lord the duke if needs be, that there is a Dulcinea in El Toboso, and that she is living to-day, and that she is beautiful and nobly born and deserves to have such a knight as Senor Don Quixote in her service, and that is the highest praise that it is in my power to give her or that I can think of.
-Digo, señor don Quijote -dijo la duquesa-, que en todo cuanto vuestra merced dice va con pie de plomo, y, como suele decirse, con la sonda en la mano; y que yo desde aquí adelante creeré y haré creer a todos los de mi casa, y aun al duque mi señor, si fuere menester, que hay Dulcinea en el Toboso, y que vive hoy día, y es hermosa, y principalmente nacida y merecedora que un tal caballero como es el señor don Quijote la sirva; que es lo más que puedo ni sé encarecer.