"I do not know how that about righting wrongs can be," said the bachelor, "for from straight you have made me crooked, leaving me with a broken leg that will never see itself straight again all the days of its life; and the injury you have redressed in my case has been to leave me injured in such a way that I shall remain injured for ever; and the height of misadventure it was to fall in with you who go in search of adventures."
-No sé cómo pueda ser eso de enderezar tuertos -dijo el bachiller-, pues a mí de derecho me habéis vuelto tuerto, dejándome una pierna quebrada, la cual no se verá derecha en todos los días de su vida; y el agravio que en mí habéis deshecho ha sido dejarme agraviado de manera que me quedaré agraviado para siempre; y harta desventura ha sido topar con vos, que vais buscando aventuras.