Don Quixote and Sancho were left alone, and the moment Samson took his departure, Rocinante began to neigh, and Dapple to sigh, which, by both knight and squire, was accepted as a good sign and a very happy omen; though, if the truth is to be told, the sighs and brays of Dapple were louder than the neighings of the hack, from which Sancho inferred that his good fortune was to exceed and overtop that of his master, building, perhaps, upon some judicial astrology that he may have known, though the history says nothing about it; all that can be said is, that when he stumbled or fell, he was heard to say he wished he had not come out, for by stumbling or falling there was nothing to be got but a damaged shoe or a broken rib; and, fool as he was, he was not much astray in this.
Solos quedaron don Quijote y Sancho, y, apenas se hubo apartado Sansón, cuando comenzó a relinchar Rocinante y a sospirar el rucio, que de entrambos, caballero y escudero, fue tenido a buena señal y por felicísimo agüero; aunque, si se ha de contar la verdad, más fueron los sospiros y rebuznos del rucio que los relinchos del rocín, de donde coligió Sancho que su ventura había de sobrepujar y ponerse encima de la de su señor, fundándose no sé si en astrología judiciaria que él se sabía, puesto que la historia no lo declara; sólo le oyeron decir que, cuando tropezaba o caía, se holgara no haber salido de casa, porque del tropezar o caer no se sacaba otra cosa sino el zapato roto o las costillas quebradas; y, aunque tonto, no andaba en esto muy fuera de camino. Díjole don Quijote: