And now, to complete the enjoyment of the feast and bring the dinner to a satisfactory end, lo and behold the page who had carried the letters and presents to Teresa Panza, the wife of the governor Sancho, entered the hall; and the duke and duchess were very well pleased to see him, being anxious to know the result of his journey; but when they asked him the page said in reply that he could not give it before so many people or in a few words, and begged their excellences to be pleased to let it wait for a private opportunity, and in the meantime amuse themselves with these letters; and taking out the letters he placed them in the duchess's hand.
Estando en esto, para acabar de regocijar la fiesta y dar buen fin a la comida, veis aquí donde entró por la sala el paje que llevó las cartas y presentes a Teresa Panza, mujer del gobernador Sancho Panza, de cuya llegada recibieron gran contento los duques, deseosos de saber lo que le había sucedido en su viaje; y, preguntándoselo, respondió el paje que no lo podía decir tan en público ni con breves palabras: que sus excelencias fuesen servidos de dejarlo para a solas, y que entretanto se entretuviesen con aquellas cartas. Y, sacando dos cartas, las puso en manos de la duquesa.