Chapter 14

[52.3] =sin que dejase de echarle=, _without being sure to cast at him_. This very curious construction is not noted in grammars or dictionaries, not even in Cuervo's excellent _Diccionario de Construcción_. The development of _dejar de_ as a negative may be summarized as follows: 1. It negatives an action by denoting its cessation, e.g. _deje V. de hablar_. 2. From "ceasing to do" the next step is "fail to begin," cf. page 30, note 2. 3. _No dejar de_ = "nevertheless," cf. page 6, note 6. 4. _Dejar de_ = _no_, e.g. _si éramos liberales, o dejábamos de serlo_. 5. Finally, as in the present example, it comes to be merely an expletive (here correlative to _sin_), though an expletive which adds a certain emphasis. _No coma V. melón sin dejar de echarle sal_, "Don't eat melon without putting salt on it." _No pase V. por Madrid sin dejar de venir a verme._

[52.4] =le ponía semblante halagüeño=, _looked sweetly at him_, lit. "made him a friendly face."

[52.5] =en que se deshacía el tonto=, _in which the idiot indulged_, "to which he abandoned himself," "gave vent."

[52.6] =siempre que=, _provided that_.

=Page 53.=--[53.1] =a ver=, _let us see, and we shall see_. This construction, imperative in force, is explainable by the ellipse of some word like _vamos_.

[53.2] =al célebre Cristo=. This image is not really at Cudillero, but at Candás, another small port-town of Asturias.

[53.3] =se hizo con él encontradiza=, _met him as if by chance_. The suffix _-izo_ indicates susceptibility or tendency, "that may be met."

[53.4] =¿Qué tal?= _How goes it?_

[53.5] =caen muchos?= _are you catching many?_ lit. "are many falling?" _Caer en el anzuelo_ is the full expression.

[53.6] =Marea muerta=, _slack tide_.

[53.7] =coge poco.= Rufo speaks of himself in the 3d person.

[53.8] =Padre no gusta cangrejos= = _Al padre no le gustan los cangrejos_.

=Page 54.=--[54.1] =Todos, Elisa= = _Todos serán para Elisa_.

[54.2] =yo quiere mucho Elisa= = _yo quiero mucho a Elisa_.

[54.3] =Usté= = _Usted_. _Usté_ represents phonetically the common pronunciation of this pron.

=Page 55.=--[55.1] =echo pique= = _echo a pique_, _sink_.

[55.2] =dando=, _striking_.

[55.3] =botas de montar=, _riding-boots_.

=Page 56.=--[56.1] =hasta la vista=, _au revoir_.

[56.2] =por muy arriba que=, _however far up_. Cf. page 24, note 4.

[56.3] =cabo de mar=, _harbor-master_.

[56.4] =la comandancia=, _the authorities_. In every important Spanish port there is a military chief of marine called _comandante_, who settles local maritime affairs which in any way concern the State. His office is called _comandancia_.

=Page 57.=--[57. 1] =mares gruesas=, _heavy seas_, lit. "thick."

[57.2] =la hora menos pensada=, _when least expected_, lit. "the hour least thought of."

[57.3] =diesen con ellos al través=, _drive them ashore_ [_wrecked_].

[57.4] =dar la razón a los que=, _show that those were in the right who_.

[57.5] =levantiscos=, _turbulent_.

=Page 58.=--[58.1] =a poder de=, _by dint of_.

[58.2] =José, levanta... perdida lancha= = _José, levántate... tienes perdida tu lancha_. Somewhat broken Spanish.

[58.3] =trajín=, _rocking_, _driving to and fro_.

=Page 59.=--[59.1] =estrellas filantes=, _shooting stars_.

[59.2] =se halló con que=, _found out that_.

[59.3] =forano=, _from the sea_, lit. "from outside."

[59.4] =tanto montaba=, _amounted to the same thing_.

=Page 60.=--[60.1] =Por la orilla adelante=, _On along the shore_.

[60.2] =barada=, _stuck_, _grounded_. _Barar_ also written _varar_.

[60.3] =cifrada=, _fixed_, lit. "calculated."

[60.4] =a pico=, _sheer_.

=Page 61.=--[61.1] =abiertos=, _torn_, lit. "opened (pierced)."

[61.2] =al arma=, _armed_, _in battle array_.

=Page 62.=--[62.1] =como si entonces tan sólo=, _as if then and then only_.

[62.2] =se diese cuenta=, _realized_.

=Page 63.=--[63.1] ="vaga de mar," la mar alta=: "_sea_": the high waves produced by the bursting of a storm.

[63.2] =a los dos días del suceso=, _two days after the event_. Cf. page 36, note 2.

[63.3] =bien a su pesar=, _much against his will_, lit. "in his despite."

[63.4] =allí había andado una mano alevosa=, _a treacherous hand had been at work in the matter_.

[63.5] =a su entender=, _in his opinion_.

=Page 64.=--[64.1] =haciendo lo posible=, _doing his best_.

[64.2] =ni mucho menos=, _far from it_.

[64.3] =mostró tomar parte muy principal=, _evinced very great sympathy_, _gave evidence of sharing very deeply_.

[64.4] =sin soltar=, _without uttering_.

[64.5] =a lo mejor=, _suddenly_, _all at once_. Usually of something disagreeable.

=Page 65.=--[65.1] =valía tanto como=, _was equivalent to_.

[65.2] =comenzó a correr... la especie=, _the rumor began to spread through the town without any one knowing who had started it_. With _saber_ supply the indefinite subject _nadie_, cf. page 3, note 5. _Soltara_, the so-called first impf. or conditional subjunctive is by derivation a plpf. indicative (Lat. _-averam_ > _-aram_ > _-ara_). This value still persists, but is confined to rather elevated style, and is usually, though not always, found in dependent clauses, not necessarily, however, in relative clauses alone. _Soltar una especie_, "to launch a suggestion," "throw out a feeler," "start a report."

[65.3] =puso... el dedo en la llaga=, _solved the mystery_, _struck the nail on the head_, lit. "laid her finger on the wound."

[65.4] =Irritósele la bilis=, _her wrath was roused_, lit. "bile."

=Page 66.=--[66.1] =con los brazos en jarra=, _with arms akimbo_, lit. "like (the handles of) a jug or jar."

=Page 67.=--[67.1] =quedaban rotas=, _would be broken_. Cf. page 12, note 4.

[67.2] =Con esto... relaciones=, _At this José was sorrowful and alarmed, expecting that at any time a disturbance might arise which would destroy his already uncertain relations_. _Armar_, lit. "to stir up," "set up."

=Page 68.=--[68.1] =¡Peldóneme!= = _¡Perdóneme!_

[68.2] =malicia=, _cunning_.

[68.3] =no sacará nada en limpio=, _you will not get to the bottom of it_, lit. "bring nothing out clearly."

[68.4] =hasta la evidencia=, _beyond a doubt_, lit. "up to (the point of) evidentness."

=Page 69.=--[69.1] =por no habérselo... al idiota=, _at not having been able to find it out from the idiot_, "_get it out of him_."

[69.2] =Allá voy=, _I am coming_.

[69.3] =encontraría, vería.= Cf. page 49, note 5.

[69.4] =¿Para verte... que te ha quedado?= _The better to see that old hag's face that you've got?_

[69.5] =acicate=, _sting_, _spur_.

=Page 70.=--[70.1] =el marica de D. Cándido=, _D. Cándido the old woman_. _Marica_ is applied to effeminate men and to such as interfere in woman's business. _De_ denotes apposition. _Cándido_ = simpleton.

[70.2] =velar las injurias=, _veiling one's insults_.

[70.3] =descubrirse=, _laying oneself open_ (_to prosecution_).

=Page 71.=--[71.1] =un tanto=, _somewhat_.

[71.2] =¿Que me he comido... tragaderas!= _So I ate up your son's fishing-smack, did I? I didn't think I could swallow so large a mouthful!_ lit. "had so good a gullet."

=Page 72.=--[72.1] =sentar plaza=, _enlist_.

[72.2] =doy parte=, _I shall inform_.

[72.3] =un soberbio mojicón de mano vuelta=, _a tremendous back-handed blow_. For _soberbio_, cf. Fr. _fier_ used in the same sense.

[72.4] =por no soltar la tajada=, _not to let go the money_, lit. "slice." Cf. _tener una buena tajada_ = "to have a good thing of it."

[72.5] =ya pareció aquello!= _it's out at last_, lit. "that (i.e. the real reason) has appeared."

[72.6] =echar las uñas a=, _get your claws on_.

=Page 73.=--[73.1] =Lámete... hocico untado=, _Lick yourself, poor thing, for your snout is greasy_. There is a sub-sense of "undeceive yourself" in this expression; _untar la cara, el casco_ = "to flatter."

[73.2] =a mansalva= = _a mano salva_, _without risk_.

[73.3] =sin caérsele la sonrisa de los labios=, _without the smile leaving her lips_.

[73.4] =por lo visto=, _evidently_.

[73.5] =aquello.= The allusion is to the disgrace brought upon Teresa by her lover, the father of José.

[73.6] =¡Será terca esta mujer!= _Isn't this woman obstinate!_ Cf. page 8, note 11.

=Page 74.=--[74.1] =hacer alto=, _stop_, _halt_.

[74.2] =esgrimiendo=, _wielding_.

[74.3] =¡Anda, anda... y revientes!= _Begone, begone; go home and take lime-tea and orange-flower, lest you get the palsy and burst_. _Tila y azahar_ is a popular remedy for hysteria and nervousness. _No sea cosa que_ = _no sea que_.

=Page 75.=--[75.1] =que demandase judicialmente=, _her bringing action against_.

[75.2] =no se le conocían más bienes de fortuna=, _he was not known to have other worldly goods_.

=Page 76.=--[76.1] =sacaba el maleficio al que no podía usar del matrimonio=, _she removed the spell from such as could not consummate marriage_.

=Page 77.=--[77.1] =José el de la viuda=, _José, the widow's (son)_.

[77.2] =No será tanto=, _It can't be so bad (as you think)_.

[77.3] =a eso de las nueve=, _about 9 o'clock_. Cf. page 11, note 5.

[77.4] =hasta la hubo de ciento treinta=, _there were even some with 130_. For this distributive use of the pron. cf. page 40, note 1. A singular noun is sometimes used in the same way.

[77.5] =al otro igual=, _the next the same_.

=Page 78.=--[78.1] =¿No sabes una cosa?= _Haven't you heard the news?_

[78.2] =no les arriendo la ganancia=, _I would not be in the shoes of_, _I would not answer for the consequences to_, lit. "I'll not rent their profit."

[78.3] =no son para dichas=, _are not [fit] to be mentioned_. The explanation of this construction, as of the use of the past part, after _después de_, etc., is that the verb _ser_ is understood.

[78.4] =Creo que daban miedo=, _I should think they were frightful_.

[78.5] =relamiéndose interiormente=, _with inward relish_. _Relamerse_, lit. "to lick one's lips."

=Page 79.=--[79.1] =cual si... carne de gallina=, _as if the monster were getting gooseflesh_. Cf. Fr. _chair de poule_.

[79.2] =raba=, _codfish-roe_.

=Page 80.=--[80.1] =puesto que= = _aunque_.

[80.2] =cae=, _comes up_.

[80.3] =envoltura=, _veil_, _wrapping_.

[80.4] =se indicó el contraste=, _there were signs of a sudden change of wind_ [to foul].

=Page 81.=--[81.1] =A partir de esta hora=, _from now on_.

[81.2] =desaladas=, _eager_, _breathless_. Cf. page 8, note 3.

=Page 82.=--[82.1] =en vuelta de=, _toward_, _in the direction of_. Also _la vuelta de_.

[82.2] =borriquete de proa=, _foretopsail_.

=Page 83.=--[83.1] =salsa=, _spray_.

[2] =Phs=, _Pshaw!_ Also written _ps!_ Expressive of scorn or indifference.

[83.3] =concha=, _bay_, _harbor_.

[83.4] =a medio izar=, cf. page 18, note 5.

=Page 84.=--[84.1] =Nicolás de la Tejera=, cf. page 77, note 1.

=Page 86.=--[86.1] =¡Vaya todo por Dios!= _God's will be done!_

[86.2] =con muchísimo ojo=, _with the greatest vigilance_.

[86.3] =que no nos llegaba la camisa al cuerpo=, _when we were beside ourselves with fear_.

[86.4] =dio vuelta=, _capsized_.

=Page 87.=--[87.1] =morral=, _lubber_, _booby_.

[87.2] =¡La lástima fue ésa!= _A pity you didn't!_

[87.3] =arriasteis de plan=, _lower flat_.

[87.4] =estaba la mar... dulces con ella=, _the sea could be controlled at will_, lit. "was (in a condition) for us to make sweetmeats out of it."

[87.5] =rascándote la barriga=, _scratching your paunch_, i.e. "idling."

[87.6] =disteis fondo=, _cast anchor_.

=Page 88.=--[88.1] =hasta el tope=, _to the dregs_, lit. "to the top," hence "fully," "completely."

=Page 89.=--[89.1] =percance=, _accident_, _mishap_.

[89.2] =todo lo bien que=, _as well as_.

=Page 90.=--[90.1] =no había sacado... jergón=, _had not gotten even a wretched straw tick_ [_out of it_].

[90.2] =serían, añadiese, importaría.= This use of simple for compound tense is quite common when a negative is expressed or implied. The effect is to render the diction more graphic.

=Page 91.=--[91.1] =que no existe... desgracia.= Dante, Inferno, V, ll. 121, ff.:

_...Nessun maggior dolore,_ _Che ricordarsi del tempo felice_ _Nella miseria;..._

[91.2] =más adelante=, _later on_.

[91.3] =andar suelta=, _circulate freely_.

=Page 92.=--[92.1] =no consentía... pareados=, _did not allow of their walking abreast_.

=Page 93.=--[93.1] =En esto=, _Meanwhile_.

=Page 94.=--[94.1] =me las vas a pagar todas=, _you are going to pay up for everything_. C f. page 1, note 4.

[94.2] =los lances de la faena=, _the vicissitudes of the task_.

=Page 95.=--[95.1] =desde muy antiguo=, _from of old_.

[95.2] =acaso acaso=, _perhaps, who knows?_ Repetition to express emphasis or the superlative idea is a characteristic Romance construction, cf. Fr. _beaucoup beaucoup_.

=Page 96.=--[96.1] =se daba traza para ir tirando=, _contrived to get along_, lit. "found means to go pulling (along)."

[96.2] =patinejo=, _little yard_.

[96.3] =prenda=, _article of dress_.

[96.4] =el derecho de pernada=, _seignorial right_. This is the _jus primae noctis_, _droit du seigneur_, _Herrenrecht_, according to which the bride of a vassal belonged, for the wedding night, to the feudal lord. The existence of this right as a part of the feudal system is a moot question. Dr. Vicente de la Fuente, quoted by Karl Schmidt, _Jus Primae Noctis_, Freiburg, 1881, p. 56, says: "Entre nosotros no fue conocido ese derecho inmoral y abominable." Schmidt indeed, as the result of a thorough historical investigation, characterizes the custom as a legend and a "learned superstition."

=Page 97.=--[97.1] =pasando "las de Caín,"= _having "a deuce of a time,"_ lit. "passing through the [experiences] of Cain," i.e. living like Cain after the murder of his brother, in similar gloom and isolation.

[97.2] =pugilato=, _struggle_.

=Page 98.=--[98.1] =en torno suyo=, _around him_.

=Page 99.=--[99.1] =no suponen nada=, _matter nothing_.

[99.2] =trozos=, _parts, places_.

[99.3] =a paso de lobo=, _stealthily_. Cf. Fr. _à pas de loup_.

=Page 100.=--[100.1] =si a los jóvenes les diese por=, _if the young people should take it into their heads to_, _if it should occur to them to_.

[100.2] =al poco rato de estar allí=, _when he had been there a little while_.

[100.3] =copudos=, _umbrageous_, _with spreading top_.

[100.4] =dando la espalda=, _turning their backs_.

[100.5] =de algunos días a esta parte=, _for some days past_. Note the habit of thought in this and similar expressions (e.g. _de poco acá_, "recently"), which starts from a point in the past and comes down to the present.

=Page 101.=--[101.1] =que no te salía la voz del cuerpo=, _since you sang_.

[101.2] =redoble=, _patter_, lit. "repetition."

=Page 102.=--[102.1] =Y antes tampoco=, _Nor before either_.

[102.2] =daba lástima verlo=, _he was a pitiful sight_.

=Page 103.=--[103.1] =Me da el corazón=, _My heart tells me_.

[103.2] =La de la Luz=, short for _La de Santa María de la Luz_.

=Page 104.=--[104.1] =sesgo=, _trend_.

[104.2] =por lo bajo=, _in an undertone_.

[104.3] =el gran tacaño=, _the great scoundrel_. This phrase is the popular title of the famous picaresque novel of Quevedo: "Historia de la vida del buscón llamado Don Pablos, Ejemplo de vagamundos y Espejo de tacaños."

[104.4] =echársela de rumboso=, _to play the generous_.

[104.5] =echar todo el vaso al cuerpo=, _to drink the whole glass_.

[104.6] =en un decir Jesús=, _in an instant_, "_before you could say Jack Robinson_."

[104.7] =y anda que... del todo=, _and upon my word Ramona didn't behave at all badly either_.

[104.8] =le echó mano=, _laid hands on him_.

=Page 105.=--[105.1] =asustara=. Cf. page 65, note 2.

=Page 106.=--[106.1] =nos estamos poniendo como una sopa=, _we are getting sopping wet_.

[106.2] =un noble, cuanto singular proyecto=, _a project as noble as (it was) unique_. _Cuanto_ thus used includes its antecedent correlative _tanto_.

=Page 107.=--[107.1] =dar una vuelta=, _take a walk_.

[107.2] =se echó a la calle=, _started into the street_.

[107.3] =Vamos a ver... ¿verdad?= _Let us see, José, you must be somewhat hard up for money, aren't you?_

=Page 108.=--[108.1] =Phs... así así=, _Oh, tolerably, "so so."_

[108.2] =No sólo de pan vive el hombre=, a paraphrase of the famous Biblical passage. In the Spanish Bible it is, in Deut. 8, 3: _El hombre no vivirá de sólo pan_; in Matt. 4, 4: _No con sólo el pan vivirá el hombre_, and in Luke 4, 4: _No con pan sólo vivirá el hombre_.

[108.3] =Con Elisa... nada ya=, _I haven't anything to do with Elisa now_.

[108.4] =estás en amores con Elisa=, _you and Elisa are sweethearts_.

[108.5] =mucha mayor=. Note that _mucho_ and _poco_, when modifying a singular comparative, agree like adjectives if a feminine noun follow.

=Page 109.=--[109.1] =la reconquista=, _the reconquest_ (of Spain from the Moors).

[109.2] =corregidor=, _chief magistrate_, _town governor_. An officer of the Crown, originally holding an authority concurrent with that of the _regidores_ or councillors, but who gradually usurped the whole municipal government.

[109.3] =su ilustrísima=, _his lordship_.

[109.4] =a allá=, _over there, thither_.

=Page 110.=--[110.1] =Cuando a un Meira... ceja y ceja=, _When a Metra takes something into his head_, lit. "between eyebrow and eyebrow."

[110.2] =deja lo demás de mi cuenta=, _leave the rest to me_.

[110.3] =el mes que viene=, _the coming month_.

=Page 111.=--[111.1] =dar un saleo=, _take a boat-ride_. _Salearse por el mar_ is parallel to _pasearse por la tierra_.

[111.2] =pásate por mi casa=, _call at my house_.

[111.3] =gestionar=, _negotiate_.

[111.4] =todo se volvía=... =de su casa=, _he did nothing but speculate as he made his way home_, lit. "all (the affair) turned into brooding."

[111.5] =en tanto que no=, _until_.

=Page 112.=--[112.1] =las Consistoriales=, _the town-hall_. Supply _casas_.

=Page 114.=--[114.1] =miraba de hito en hito=, _looked fixedly at_.

[114.2] =Como... se callase=. Cf. page 20, note 3.

[114.3] =se creyó en el caso de=, _thought himself in a position to_.

=Page 115.=--[115.1] =cuarteles=, _quarterings_.

[115.2] =punto de honor=, _honor point_.

[115.3] =azur y banda de plata... arminios de sable=, _azure_, _a bend argent_, _with dragons' heads or_; _a bordure argent_, _with eight ermines sable_.

[115.4] =gules y una puente... cruces llanas de azur=, _gules_, _a bridge argent with three arches_, _through which runs a mighty river_; _and a tower or ascendant from the midst of the bridge_; _a bordure argent and eight plain crosses azure_.

[115.5] =la primera de plata... al pie del tronco=, _the first argent_, _a lion rampant sable_; _the second or_, _a tree issuant from a mound and in foliage_, _with a bird placed upon the top and a dog baying at the foot of the trunk_.

=Page 116.=--[116.1] =de plata... en sautor=, _argent_, _five ravens sable in saltire_.

[116.2] =de oro y un castillo... en la punta=, _or, a castle gules in base, surmounted by a warrior armed with a halberd, naissant from the turret, accompanied by five roundlets vert and argent, placed two on each side and one at the point_.

[116.3] =la orden de Santiago.= One of the three great military orders of Spain: Calatrava, Santiago and Alcántara.

[116.4] =jurado=, _jurat_. The jurats were a body who watched, in the interests of the inhabitants, the proceedings of the _regidores_, raising protests against unpopular measures.

[116.5] =procurador en las Cortes de Toro=, _deputy to the parliament of Toro_. Two important parliaments sat at this city, summoned by Henry II, of Trastamara, in 1369 and 1371.

[116.6] =Consejo de Italia.= An administrative council for the Spanish possessions in Italy, established by Charles V in 1555.

[116.7] =oidor de la real Audiencia=, _judge of the royal court of appeal_.

[116.8] =regidor=, _ruler_.

=Page 117.=--[117.1] =La luna rielaba su pálida luz=, _The pale light of the moon gleamed_, lit. "The moon made its pale light to sparkle." _Rielar_ is usually intransitive.

[117.2] =Vamos allá=, _Let us to work_.

=Page 118.=--[118.1] =haciéndole falta=, _when you need it_, i.e. the money (_cuartos_).

[118.2] =descompuesto=, _violent_.

=Page 119.=--[119.1] =subió todavía algunos palmos=, _rose several degrees higher_, lit. several spans more. Cf. Fr. _encore quelques..._

[119.2] =Renacimiento=, _Renaissance_.

[119.3] =a fuer de verídicos=, _on our word as a truthful author_.

=Page 120.=--[120.1] =desperdicios=, _largess_.

[120.2] =por si=, _if_, _in case_.

[120.3] =que... sacase un rédito=, _for him to set up a nice little shop and get an income from it_.

[120.4] =nada=, _nothing of the sort_.

[120.5] =cuatro días=, _a few_, _a couple of days_. _Cuatro_ is used as an indefinite numeral.

[120.6] =al paso=, _going along_, _passing by_.

[120.7] =cartuchito=, _little paper_ [_roll_].

[120.8] =los buenos tiempos de la casa de Austria=, the 16th and 17th centuries, during which the Spanish branch of the house of Austria occupied the throne.

=Page 121.=--[121.1] =subían de punto=, _increased_.

[121.2] =por dos o tres veces=, _twice or thrice over_.

[121.3] =discreteos=, _conceits, clever speeches_.

[121.4] =fe de bautismo=, _certificate of baptism_.

[121.5] =a la mayor brevedad=, _very shortly_.

=Page 122.=--[122.1] =camarín=, _shrine_.

[122.2] =pusiese=, _made offering of_.

[122.3] =sin probar bocado=, _without tasting a mouthful_.

=Page 123.=--[123.1] =¡Calle!= _Strange!_

[123.2] =echó a andar en pos de ella=, _began to follow her_.

[123.3] =uña y carne de=, _hand and glove with_, lit. "nail and flesh."

[123.4] =esa cara de mosquita muerta=, _that innocent-looking face of yours_. _Mosquita muerta_, "demure person," "hypocrite."

[123.5] =Yo te arreglaré, buena pieza=, _I'll settle you, my fine girl_.

[123.6] =a pie juntillas=, _firmly_, _tenaciously_, lit. "with feet together." Also _a pie juntillo_.

=Page 124.=--[124.1] =desabrimiento=, _estrangement_.

=Page 125.=--[125.1] =ves= = _ve_, _go_. This colloquial form of the imperative is parallel to the French forms in-_s_ of the first conj., found before _en_ and _y_, e.g. _donnes-en_, _vas-y_. The form _vas_ is even found under the same condition as here, viz. before the preposition _à_, e.g. _vas à la veillée_, Mérimée, Colomba, C. XII. Indicative influence is the usual explanation.

[125.2] =para bruja=, _to be a witch_, "_for a witch_," cf. page 78, note 3.

[125.3] ¡=cómo saca los pies de las alforjas=! _how bold she's getting_! lit. "getting her feet out of the saddle-bags."

[125.4] =pichona=, _sweetheart_, _dove_.

=Page 126.=--[126.1] =a cuestas=, _on her shoulders_.

[126.2] =¡Qué he de ser buena!= _Good, am I?_ lit. "How can I be good?"

[126.3] =¡Si soy una bestia!= _Oh, but I am a brute!_ This is the expletive use of _si_ (often rendered "why"), to be explained by an ellipse, perhaps of _qué_ or a verb of asking.

=Page 127.=--[127.1] =dieron en el pueblo=, _reached the town_, "_struck the town_."

=Page 128.=--[128.1] =cuando=, _if_.

[128.2] =ponerlo en vías de obra=, _begin its realization_, cf. page 40, note 3.

[128.3] =que el castillo viniese en socorro del estado llano=, _that the nobility should come to the aid of the commons_.

[128.4] =ni menos=, _much less_.

=Page 129.=--[129.1] =y así por el estilo=, _and so on_, lit. "and thus in the (same) style."

[129.2] =Quedamos en eso=, _Agreed_, lit. "We abide by that."

[129.3] =a desobedecer... contigo.= This right of sequestration of a minor for the purpose of contracting marriage when the parents refuse their consent without just cause is a feature of Spanish law. The institution is sufficiently explained by the episode which follows.

[129.4] =empeño=, _trouble, effort_.

=Page 130.=--[130.1] =la guerra de América.= The reference is to the conquests of Cortés, Pizarro, etc.

[130.2] =se descarriase=, _should lose himself in digressions_, lit. "go astray."

=Page 131.=--[131.1] =solicitud=, _petition_.

=Page 132.=--[132.1] =en achaque de letras=, _in the matter of learning_.

[132.2] =no puedo menos de=, _I cannot help_, lit. "can (do) no less than."