"As for the letter," said Sancho, "she did not read it, for she said she could neither read nor write; instead of that she tore it up into small pieces, saying that she did not want to let anyone read it lest her secrets should become known in the village, and that what I had told her by word of mouth about the love your worship bore her, and the extraordinary penance you were doing for her sake, was enough; and, to make an end of it, she told me to tell your worship that she kissed your hands, and that she had a greater desire to see you than to write to you; and that therefore she entreated and commanded you, on sight of this present, to come out of these thickets, and to have done with carrying on absurdities, and to set out at once for El Toboso, unless something else of greater importance should happen, for she had a great desire to see your worship.
-La carta -dijo Sancho- no la leyó, porque dijo que no sabía leer ni escribir; antes, la rasgó y la hizo menudas piezas, diciendo que no la quería dar a leer a nadie, porque no se supiesen en el lugar sus secretos, y que bastaba lo que yo le había dicho de palabra acerca del amor que vuestra merced le tenía y de la penitencia extraordinaria que por su causa quedaba haciendo. Y, finalmente, me dijo que dijese a vuestra merced que le besaba las manos, y que allí quedaba con más deseo de verle que de escribirle; y que, así, le suplicaba y mandaba que, vista la presente, saliese de aquellos matorrales y se dejase de hacer disparates, y se pusiese luego luego en camino del Toboso, si otra cosa de más importancia no le sucediese, porque tenía gran deseo de ver a vuestra merced.