The moment the curate heard this he said to himself, "God keep thee in his hand, poor Don Quixote, for it seems to me thou art precipitating thyself from the height of thy madness into the profound abyss of thy simplicity."
Apenas oyó esto el cura, cuando dijo entre sí: -¡Dios te tenga de su mano, pobre don Quijote: que me parece que te despeñas de la alta cumbre de tu locura hasta el profundo abismo de tu simplicidad!