She, with broken sobs and half-suppressed sighs, went on to say, "My misfortune, my misadventure, is simply this, that I entreated my brother to dress me up as a man in a suit of his clothes, and take me some night, when our father was asleep, to see the whole town; he, overcome by my entreaties, consented, and dressing me in this suit and himself in clothes of mine that fitted him as if made for him (for he has not a hair on his chin, and might pass for a very beautiful young girl), to-night, about an hour ago, more or less, we left the house, and guided by our youthful and foolish impulse we made the circuit of the whole town, and then, as we were about to return home, we saw a great troop of people coming, and my brother said to me, 'Sister, this must be the round, stir your feet and put wings to them, and follow me as fast as you can, lest they recognise us, for that would be a bad business for us;' and so saying he turned about and began, I cannot say to run but to fly; in less than six paces I fell from fright, and then the officer of justice came up and carried me before your worships, where I find myself put to shame before all these people as whimsical and vicious."
Ella, entre interrotos sollozos y mal formados suspiros, dijo: -«No es otra mi desgracia, ni mi infortunio es otro sino que yo rogué a mi hermano que me vistiese en hábitos de hombre con uno de sus vestidos y que me sacase una noche a ver todo el pueblo, cuando nuestro padre durmiese; él, importunado de mis ruegos, condecendió con mi deseo, y, poniéndome este vestido y él vestiéndose de otro mío, que le está como nacido, porque él no tiene pelo de barba y no parece sino una doncella hermosísima, esta noche, debe de haber una hora, poco más o menos, nos salimos de casa; y, guiados de nuestro mozo y desbaratado discurso, hemos rodeado todo el pueblo, y cuando queríamos volver a casa, vimos venir un gran tropel de gente, y mi hermano me dijo: ''Hermana, ésta debe de ser la ronda: aligera los pies y pon alas en ellos, y vente tras mí corriendo, porque no nos conozcan, que nos será mal contado''. Y, diciendo esto, volvió las espaldas y comenzó, no digo a correr, sino a volar; yo, a menos de seis pasos, caí, con el sobresalto, y entonces llegó el ministro de la justicia que me trujo ante vuestras mercedes, adonde, por mala y antojadiza, me veo avergonzada ante tanta gente.»