As they went along, then, at a slow pace—for the pain in Don Quixote's jaws kept him uneasy and ill-disposed for speed—Sancho thought it well to amuse and divert him by talk of some kind, and among the things he said to him was that which will be told in the following chapter.
Yéndose, pues, poco a poco, porque el dolor de las quijadas de don Quijote no le dejaba sosegar ni atender a darse priesa, quiso Sancho entretenelle y divertille diciéndole alguna cosa; y, entre otras que le dijo, fue lo que se dirá en el siguiente capítulo.