It seems that as he stood contemplating his enemy she struck him as the most beautiful woman he had ever seen all his life; and the little blind boy whom in our streets they commonly call Love had no mind to let slip the chance of triumphing over a lacquey heart, and adding it to the list of his trophies; and so, stealing gently upon him unseen, he drove a dart two yards long into the poor lacquey's left side and pierced his heart through and through; which he was able to do quite at his ease, for Love is invisible, and comes in and goes out as he likes, without anyone calling him to account for what he does.
Parece ser que, cuando estuvo mirando a su enemiga, le pareció la más hermosa mujer que había visto en toda su vida, y el niño ceguezuelo, a quien suelen llamar de ordinario Amor por esas calles, no quiso perder la ocasión que se le ofreció de triunfar de una alma lacayuna y ponerla en la lista de sus trofeos; y así, llegándose a él bonitamente, sin que nadie le viese, le envasó al pobre lacayo una flecha de dos varas por el lado izquierdo, y le pasó el corazón de parte a parte; y púdolo hacer bien al seguro, porque el Amor es invisible, y entra y sale por do quiere, sin que nadie le pida cuenta de sus hechos.