By this time Dorothea had seated herself upon the curate's mule, and the barber had fitted the ox-tail beard to his face, and they now told Sancho to conduct them to where Don Quixote was, warning him not to say that he knew either the licentiate or the barber, as his master's becoming an emperor entirely depended on his not recognising them; neither the curate nor Cardenio, however, thought fit to go with them; Cardenio lest he should remind Don Quixote of the quarrel he had with him, and the curate as there was no necessity for his presence just yet, so they allowed the others to go on before them, while they themselves followed slowly on foot.
Ya, en esto, se había puesto Dorotea sobre la mula del cura y el barbero se había acomodado al rostro la barba de la cola de buey, y dijeron a Sancho que los guiase adonde don Quijote estaba; al cual advirtieron que no dijese que conocía al licenciado ni al barbero, porque en no conocerlos consistía todo el toque de venir a ser emperador su amo; puesto que ni el cura ni Cardenio quisieron ir con ellos, porque no se le acordase a don Quijote la pendencia que con Cardenio había tenido, y el cura porque no era menester por entonces su presencia. Y así, los dejaron ir delante, y ellos los fueron siguiendo a pie, poco a poco.