While Don Quixote slept in the garret, the innkeeper, standing at the door, called out. A whole party of guests was coming, and if only they would stay it would be a feast.
Four men on horseback were coming with lances and round shields, all wearing black masks. With them came a woman dressed in white, riding on a chair-like saddle, and she too had her face covered.
Hearing this, Dorotea covered her face, and Cardenio hid himself in Don Quixote’s room. Hardly had they hidden when the party bursts in.