Don Quixote left him, and hastened to the castle to tell the duke and duchess what had happened Sancho, and they were not a little astonished at it; they could easily understand his having fallen, from the confirmatory circumstance of the cave which had been in existence there from time immemorial; but they could not imagine how he had quitted the government without their receiving any intimation of his coming.
Dejóle don Quijote, y fue al castillo a contar a los duques el suceso de Sancho Panza, de que no poco se maravillaron, aunque bien entendieron que debía de haber caído por la correspondencia de aquella gruta que de tiempos inmemoriales estaba allí hecha; pero no podían pensar cómo había dejado el gobierno sin tener ellos aviso de su venida.