He sat up in bed and remained listening intently to try if he could make out what could be the cause of so great an uproar; not only, however, was he unable to discover what it was, but as countless drums and trumpets now helped to swell the din of the bells and shouts, he was more puzzled than ever, and filled with fear and terror; and getting up he put on a pair of slippers because of the dampness of the floor, and without throwing a dressing gown or anything of the kind over him he rushed out of the door of his room, just in time to see approaching along a corridor a band of more than twenty persons with lighted torches and naked swords in their hands, all shouting out, "To arms, to arms, senor governor, to arms! The enemy is in the island in countless numbers, and we are lost unless your skill and valour come to our support."
Sentóse en la cama, y estuvo atento y escuchando, por ver si daba en la cuenta de lo que podía ser la causa de tan grande alboroto; pero no sólo no lo supo, pero, añadiéndose al ruido de voces y campanas el de infinitas trompetas y atambores, quedó más confuso y lleno de temor y espanto; y, levantándose en pie, se puso unas chinelas, por la humedad del suelo, y, sin ponerse sobrerropa de levantar, ni cosa que se pareciese, salió a la puerta de su aposento, a tiempo cuando vio venir por unos corredores más de veinte personas con hachas encendidas en las manos y con las espadas desenvainadas, gritando todos a grandes voces: -¡Arma, arma, señor gobernador, arma!; que han entrado infinitos enemigos en la ínsula, y somos perdidos si vuestra industria y valor no nos socorre.