As soon as she said this, Cardenio and the barber drew close to her side, eager to hear what sort of story the quick-witted Dorothea would invent for herself; and Sancho did the same, for he was as much taken in by her as his master; and she having settled herself comfortably in the saddle, and with the help of coughing and other preliminaries taken time to think, began with great sprightliness of manner in this fashion.
No hubo ella dicho esto, cuando Cardenio y el barbero se le pusieron al lado, deseosos de ver cómo fingía su historia la discreta Dorotea; y lo mismo hizo Sancho, que tan engañado iba con ella como su amo. Y ella, después de haberse puesto bien en la silla y prevenídose con toser y hacer otros ademanes, con mucho donaire, comenzó a decir desta manera: