When Sancho Panza heard his master say this he was ready to take leave of his senses, or die with laughter; for, as he knew the real truth about the pretended enchantment of Dulcinea, in which he himself had been the enchanter and concocter of all the evidence, he made up his mind at last that, beyond all doubt, his master was out of his wits and stark mad, so he said to him, "It was an evil hour, a worse season, and a sorrowful day, when your worship, dear master mine, went down to the other world, and an unlucky moment when you met with Senor Montesinos, who has sent you back to us like this.
Cuando Sancho Panza oyó decir esto a su amo, pensó perder el juicio, o morirse de risa; que, como él sabía la verdad del fingido encanto de Dulcinea, de quien él había sido el encantador y el levantador de tal testimonio, acabó de conocer indubitablemente que su señor estaba fuera de juicio y loco de todo punto; y así, le dijo: -En mala coyuntura y en peor sazón y en aciago día bajó vuestra merced, caro patrón mío, al otro mundo, y en mal punto se encontró con el señor Montesinos, que tal nos le ha vuelto.