The duchess's bread would not bake, as the saying is, until she had read her letter; and having looked over it herself and seen that it might be read aloud for the duke and all present to hear, she read out as follows.
No se le cocía el pan, como suele decirse, a la duquesa hasta leer su carta, y abriéndola y leído para sí, y viendo que la podía leer en voz alta para que el duque y los circunstantes la oyesen, leyó desta manera: