The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 30

remember, Sancho, that works of charity done in a lukewarm and half-hearted way are without merit and of no avail."

记住，桑丘，以冷漠和半心半意所做的善举，既无功，也无益。

I'd be glad if your discretion would read it, for I think it runs in the governor style; I mean the way governors ought to write."

若夫人能赏脸一读，我将不胜欣喜，因为我觉得这封信颇有总督的气派——我是说，是总督应有的那种写法。