While uttering these words he showed such weakness that the bystanders expected each return of faintness would take his life with it. Then Quiteria,overcome with modesty and shame, holding in her right hand the hand of Basilio, said, "No force would bend my will; as freely, therefore, as it is possible for me to do so, I give thee the hand of a lawful wife, and take thine if thou givest it to me of thine own free will,untroubled and unaffected by the calamity thy hasty act has brought upon thee."