"Such, in brief, were the words of the letter, words that made me set out at once without waiting any longer for reply or money; for I now saw clearly that it was not the purchase of horses but of his own pleasure that had made Don Fernando send me to his brother.
»Éstas, en suma, fueron las razones que la carta contenía y las que me hicieron poner luego en camino, sin esperar otra respuesta ni otros dineros; que bien claro conocí entonces que no la compra de los caballos, sino la de su gusto, había movido a don Fernando a enviarme a su hermano.