Such was the din of the bells and the squalling of the cats, that though the duke and duchess were the contrivers of the joke they were startled by it, while Don Quixote stood paralysed with fear; and as luck would have it, two or three of the cats made their way in through the grating of his chamber, and flying from one side to the other, made it seem as if there was a legion of devils at large in it.
Fue tan grande el ruido de los cencerros y el mayar de los gatos, que, aunque los duques habían sido inventores de la burla, todavía les sobresaltó; y, temeroso, don Quijote quedó pasmado. Y quiso la suerte que dos o tres gatos se entraron por la reja de su estancia, y, dando de una parte a otra, parecía que una región de diablos andaba en ella.