To this the page replied, "As to Senor Sancho Panza's being a governor there is no doubt whatever; but whether it is an island or not that he governs, with that I have nothing to do; suffice it that it is a town of more than a thousand inhabitants; with regard to the acorns I may tell you my lady the duchess is so unpretending and unassuming that, not to speak of sending to beg for acorns from a peasant woman, she has been known to send to ask for the loan of a comb from one of her neighbours; for I would have your worships know that the ladies of Aragon, though they are just as illustrious, are not so punctilious and haughty as the Castilian ladies; they treat people with greater familiarity."
-De que el señor Sancho Panza sea gobernador, no hay que dudar en ello; de que sea ínsula o no la que gobierna, en eso no me entremeto, pero basta que sea un lugar de más de mil vecinos; y, en cuanto a lo de las bellotas, digo que mi señora la duquesa es tan llana y tan humilde, que no -decía él- enviar a pedir bellotas a una labradora, pero que le acontecía enviar a pedir un peine prestado a una vecina suya. Porque quiero que sepan vuestras mercedes que las señoras de Aragón, aunque son tan principales, no son tan puntuosas y levantadas como las señoras castellanas; con más llaneza tratan con las gentes.