The niece and housekeeper were present at the conversation and could not find words enough to express their thanks to God at seeing their master so clear in his mind; the curate, however, changing his original plan, which was to avoid touching upon matters of chivalry, resolved to test Don Quixote's recovery thoroughly, and see whether it were genuine or not; and so, from one subject to another, he came at last to talk of the news that had come from the capital, and, among other things, he said it was considered certain that the Turk was coming down with a powerful fleet, and that no one knew what his purpose was, or when the great storm would burst; and that all Christendom was in apprehension of this, which almost every year calls us to arms, and that his Majesty had made provision for the security of the coasts of Naples and Sicily and the island of Malta.
Halláronse presentes a la plática la sobrina y ama, y no se hartaban de dar gracias a Dios de ver a su señor con tan buen entendimiento; pero el cura, mudando el propósito primero, que era de no tocarle en cosa de caballerías, quiso hacer de todo en todo esperiencia si la sanidad de don Quijote era falsa o verdadera, y así, de lance en lance, vino a contar algunas nuevas que habían venido de la corte; y, entre otras, dijo que se tenía por cierto que el Turco bajaba con una poderosa armada, y que no se sabía su designio, ni adónde había de descargar tan gran nublado; y, con este temor, con que casi cada año nos toca arma, estaba puesta en ella toda la cristiandad, y Su Majestad había hecho proveer las costas de Nápoles y Sicilia y la isla de Malta.