Nor was the apprehension an idle one; one; for leaving the duenna (who did not dare to cry out) well basted, the silent executioners fell upon Don Quixote, and stripping him of the sheet and the coverlet, they pinched him so fast and so hard that he was driven to defend himself with his fists, and all this in marvellous silence.
Y no fue vano su temor, porque, en dejando molida a la dueña los callados verdugos (la cual no osaba quejarse), acudieron a don Quijote, y, desenvolviéndole de la sábana y de la colcha, le pellizcaron tan a menudo y tan reciamente, que no pudo dejar de defenderse a puñadas, y todo esto en silencio admirable.