Don Quixote took out the note-book, and, retiring to one side, very deliberately began to write the letter, and when he had finished it he called to Sancho, saying he wished to read it to him, so that he might commit it to memory, in case of losing it on the road; for with evil fortune like his anything might be apprehended.
Sacó el libro de memoria don Quijote, y, apartándose a una parte, con mucho sosiego comenzó a escribir la carta; y, en acabándola, llamó a Sancho y le dijo que se la quería leer, porque la tomase de memoria, si acaso se le perdiese por el camino, porque de su desdicha todo se podía temer.