Thereupon the duke seized the opportunity of practising this mystification upon him; so much did he enjoy everything connected with Sancho and Don Quixote. He had the roads about the castle far and near, everywhere he thought Don Quixote was likely to pass on his return, occupied by large numbers of his servants on foot and on horseback, who were to bring him to the castle, by fair means or foul, if they met him.
De aquí tomó ocasión el duque de hacerle aquella burla: tanto era lo que gustaba de las cosas de Sancho y de don Quijote; y haciendo tomar los caminos cerca y lejos del castillo por todas las partes que imaginó que podría volver don Quijote, con muchos criados suyos de a pie y de a caballo, para que por fuerza o de grado le trujesen al castillo, si le hallasen.