The one with the basin approached, and with arch composure and impudence, thrust it under Don Quixote's chin, who, wondering at such a ceremony, said never a word, supposing it to be the custom of that country to wash beards instead of hands; he therefore stretched his out as far as he could, and at the same instant the jug began to pour and the damsel with the soap rubbed his beard briskly, raising snow-flakes, for the soap lather was no less white, not only over the beard, but all over the face, and over the eyes of the submissive knight, so that they were perforce obliged to keep shut. The duke and duchess, who had not known anything about this, waited to see what came of this strange washing.
Llegó la de la fuente, y con gentil donaire y desenvoltura encajó la fuente debajo de la barba de don Quijote; el cual, sin hablar palabra, admirado de semejante ceremonia, creyendo que debía ser usanza de aquella tierra en lugar de las manos lavar las barbas, y así tendió la suya todo cuanto pudo, y al mismo punto comenzó a llover el aguamanil, y la doncella del jabón le manoseó las barbas con mucha priesa, levantando copos de nieve, que no eran menos blancas las jabonaduras, no sólo por las barbas, mas por todo el rostro y por los ojos del obediente caballero, tanto, que se los hicieron cerrar por fuerza.