They had just prepared their beds and barricaded their door within, when someone knocked at the yard shutter; they demanded who was there, and recognizing the voices of their lackeys, opened the shutter.
Acababan de disponer el lecho y de atrancar la puerta por dentro, cuando llamaron al postigo del patio; preguntaron quién estaba allí, reconocieron la voz de sus criados y abrieron.