"No," replied Pangloss, "her body was ripped open by the Bulgarian soldiers, after they had subjected her to as much cruelty as a damsel could survive; they knocked the Baron, her father, on the head for attempting to defend her; My Lady, her mother, was cut in pieces; my poor pupil was served just in the same manner as his sister; and as for the castle, they have not left one stone upon another; they have destroyed all the ducks, and sheep, the barns, and the trees; but we have had our revenge, for the Abares have done the very same thing in a neighboring barony, which belonged to a Bulgarian lord."
No por cierto, dixo Panglós, sino de que unos soldados bulgaros le sacáron las tripas, despues que la hubiéron violado hasta mas no poder, habiendo roto la mollera al señor baron que la quiso defender. La señora baronesa fué hecha pedazos, mi pobre alumno tratado lo mismo que su hermana, y en la granja no ha quedado piedra sobre piedra, ni troxes, ni siquiera un carnero, ni una gallina, ni un árbol; pero bien nos han vengado, porque lo mismo han hecho los Abaros en una baronía inmediata que era de un señor bulgaro.