They finished their supper, the cloth was removed, and while the hostess, her daughter, and Maritornes were getting Don Quixote of La Mancha's garret ready, in which it was arranged that the women were to be quartered by themselves for the night, Don Fernando begged the captive to tell them the story of his life, for it could not fail to be strange and interesting, to judge by the hints he had let fall on his arrival in company with Zoraida.
Acabaron de cenar, levantaron los manteles, y, en tanto que la ventera, su hija y Maritornes aderezaban el camaranchón de don Quijote de la Mancha, donde habían determinado que aquella noche las mujeres solas en él se recogiesen, don Fernando rogó al cautivo les contase el discurso de su vida, porque no podría ser sino que fuese peregrino y gustoso, según las muestras que había comenzado a dar, viniendo en compañía de Zoraida.