The duchess and the duke came out to the door of the room to receive him, and with them a grave ecclesiastic, one of those who rule noblemen's houses; one of those who, not being born magnates themselves, never know how to teach those who are how to behave as such; one of those who would have the greatness of great folk measured by their own narrowness of mind; one of those who, when they try to introduce economy into the household they rule, lead it into meanness.
La duquesa y el duque salieron a la puerta de la sala a recebirle, y con ellos un grave eclesiástico, destos que gobiernan las casas de los príncipes; destos que, como no nacen príncipes, no aciertan a enseñar cómo lo han de ser los que lo son; destos que quieren que la grandeza de los grandes se mida con la estrecheza de sus ánimos; destos que, queriendo mostrar a los que ellos gobiernan a ser limitados, les hacen ser miserables; destos tales, digo que debía de ser el grave religioso que con los duques salió a recebir a don Quijote.