And so saying he stood up and laid his hand on his sword, waiting to see what the Knight of the Grove would do, who in an equally calm voice said in reply, "Pledges don't distress a good payer; he who has succeeded in vanquishing you once when transformed, Sir Don Quixote, may fairly hope to subdue you in your own proper shape; but as it is not becoming for knights to perform their feats of arms in the dark, like highwaymen and bullies, let us wait till daylight, that the sun may behold our deeds; and the conditions of our combat shall be that the vanquished shall be at the victor's disposal, to do all that he may enjoin, provided the injunction be such as shall be becoming a knight."
Y, diciendo esto, se levantó en pie y se empuñó en la espada, esperando qué resolución tomaría el Caballero del Bosque; el cual, con voz asimismo sosegada, respondió y dijo: -Al buen pagador no le duelen prendas: el que una vez, señor don Quijote, pudo venceros transformado, bien podrá tener esperanza de rendiros en vuestro propio ser. Mas, porque no es bien que los caballeros hagan sus fechos de armas ascuras, como los salteadores y rufianes, esperemos el día, para que el sol vea nuestras obras.