Don Quixote took windmills for giants, and sheep for armies; d’Artagnan took every smile for an insult, and every look as a provocation--whence it resulted that from Tarbes to Meung his fist was constantly doubled, or his hand on the hilt of his sword; and yet the fist did not descend upon any jaw, nor did the sword issue from its scabbard.
De ello resultó que tuvo siempre el puño apretado desde Tarbes hasta Meung y que, un día con otro, llevó la mano a la empuñadura de su espada diez veces diarias; sin embargo, el puño no descendió sobre ninguna mandíbula, ni la espada salió de su vaina.