He told me, moreover, that in course of time he would let me know how he and Belerma, and Durandarte, and all who were there, were to be disenchanted. But of all I saw and observed down there, what gave me most pain was, that while Montesinos was speaking to me, one of the two companions of the hapless Dulcinea approached me on one without my having seen her coming, and with tears in her eyes said to me, in a low, agitated voice, 'My lady Dulcinea del Toboso kisses your worship's hands, and entreats you to do her the favour of letting her know how you are; and, being in great need, she also entreats your worship as earnestly as she can to be so good as to lend her half a dozen reals, or as much as you may have about you, on this new dimity petticoat that I have here; and she promises to repay them very speedily.'
Díjome asimesmo que, andando el tiempo, se me daría aviso cómo habían de ser desencantados él, y Belerma y Durandarte, con todos los que allí estaban; pero lo que más pena me dio, de las que allí vi y noté, fue que, estándome diciendo Montesinos estas razones, se llegó a mí por un lado, sin que yo la viese venir, una de las dos compañeras de la sin ventura Dulcinea, y, llenos los ojos de lágrimas, con turbada y baja voz, me dijo: ''Mi señora Dulcinea del Toboso besa a vuestra merced las manos, y suplica a vuestra merced se la haga de hacerla saber cómo está; y que, por estar en una gran necesidad, asimismo suplica a vuestra merced, cuan encarecidamente puede, sea servido de prestarle sobre este faldellín que aquí traigo, de cotonía, nuevo, media docena de reales, o los que vuestra merced tuviere, que ella da su palabra de volvérselos con mucha brevedad''.