Seeing this Sancho said, "Good luck to him who has saved us the trouble of stripping the pack-saddle off Dapple! By my faith he would not have gone without a slap on the croup and something said in his praise; though if he were here I would not let anyone strip him, for there would be no occasion, as he had nothing of the lover or victim of despair about him, inasmuch as his master, which I was while it was God's pleasure, was nothing of the sort; and indeed, Sir Knight of the Rueful Countenance, if my departure and your worship's madness are to come off in earnest, it will be as well to saddle Rocinante again in order that he may supply the want of Dapple, because it will save me time in going and returning: for if I go on foot I don't know when I shall get there or when I shall get back, as I am, in truth, a bad walker."
Viendo esto Sancho, dijo: -Bien haya quien nos quitó ahora del trabajo de desenalbardar al rucio; que a fe que no faltaran palmadicas que dalle, ni cosas que decille en su alabanza; pero si él aquí estuviera, no consintiera yo que nadie le desalbardara, pues no había para qué, que a él no le tocaban las generales de enamorado ni de desesperado, pues no lo estaba su amo, que era yo, cuando Dios quería. Y en verdad, señor Caballero de la Triste Figura, que si es que mi partida y su locura de vuestra merced va de veras, que será bien tornar a ensillar a Rocinante, para que supla la falta del rucio, porque será ahorrar tiempo a mi ida y vuelta; que si la hago a pie, no sé cuándo llegaré ni cuándo volveré, porque, en resolución, soy mal caminante.