Let the villages hear it and let it be written: that The Cooper's Paddock came down on Villa Luchi la espléndida with 1 farmhands and 1 dogs, and the count worked out ahead of time.
But the house did not stand alone: help had come down the road and was standing at the friend's gate — El palo del molinero — unpaid and unasked, for that is what a true crew is.
They found gate, found dogs, found neighbours — and not the count they had brought. The crew turned back beaten, leaving 39 coins' worth of gear in the mud.