Now I began to take courage, and to peep abroad again, for I had not stirred out of my castle for three days and nights, so that I began to starve for provisions; for I had little or nothing within doors but some barley-cakes and water; then I knew that my goats wanted to be milked too, which usually was my evening diversion: and the poor creatures were in great pain and inconvenience for want of it; and, indeed, it almost spoiled some of them, and almost dried up their milk.
Hacía tres días y tres noches que no salía de mi castillo y comencé a sentir la necesidad de ali mentarme, pues dentro solo tenía agua y algunas galletas de cebada. Además, debía ordeñar mis cabras, lo cual era mi entretenimiento nocturno, ya que las pobres estarían sufriendo fuertes dolores y molestias, como, en efecto, ocurrió, pues a algunas se les secó la leche.