All those present, and there were a good many, were watching him, and as they saw him there with half a yard of neck, and that uncommonly brown, his eyes shut, and his beard full of soap, it was a great wonder, and only by great discretion, that they were able to restrain their laughter. The damsels, the concocters of the joke, kept their eyes down, not daring to look at their master and mistress; and as for them, laughter and anger struggled within them, and they knew not what to do, whether to punish the audacity of the girls, or to reward them for the amusement they had received from seeing Don Quixote in such a plight.
Hízolo así, y quedó don Quijote con la más estraña figura y más para hacer reír que se pudiera imaginar. Mirábanle todos los que presentes estaban, que eran muchos, y como le veían con media vara de cuello, más que medianamente moreno, los ojos cerrados y las barbas llenas de jabón, fue gran maravilla y mucha discreción poder disimular la risa; las doncellas de la burla tenían los ojos bajos, sin osar mirar a sus señores; a ellos les retozaba la cólera y la risa en el cuerpo, y no sabían a qué acudir: o a castigar el atrevimiento de las muchachas, o darles premio por el gusto que recibían de ver a don Quijote de aquella suerte.