Part 15
=Page 11.=--1.{11-1} Vincenzo Bellini (1802-35), a famous Italian operatic composer, the most popular of his time. _I Puritani_ (in Spanish, _Los Puritanos_) was his last, and his most popular work.
2.{11-2} =vengan ...=, _out with ..._ (lit., _let come ..._).
3.{11-3} =¡Al fin poeta!= _always a poet!_
=Page 12.=--1.{12-1} The =consumos= is the tax collected on food-stuffs (_consumos_) that are brought into a city. The system is that of a municipal customs house. A part of the revenue derived from the tax on _consumos_ is kept by the city, and a part is turned over to the central government. Don Ramón and the other members of the commission sought to obtain a reduction of the part that had to be paid to the Spanish government.
2.{12-2} =hacía siete ... casado=, _I had been married fully seven years_. The imperfect is used, as the act or state still continued; cf. H. F. _Gr._, § 73.
=Page 14.=--1.{14-1} Cf. page 7, note 2.
=Page 15.=--1.{15-1} =somos los hombres=, _we men are_. The pronoun subject, followed by an appositional noun, is often omitted, the verb indicating the person and number.
2.{15-2} =fuese ... ó=, _whether it was ... or_.
3.{15-3} =antes de que pasase=, _before I should pass_.
4.{15-4} =sin que viese=, _without my seeing_.
5.{15-5} =no me tenía miedo alguno=, _she was not at all afraid of me_.
=Page 16.=--1.{16-1} Cf. page 3, note 2.
2.{16-2} =Tan bien ... ermanita= = _También usted me gusta á mí; no crea que juego con muñecas: era de mi hermanita_. Note =ustez= (for _usted_). The pronunciation of final _d_ as _z_ is not uncommon in Madrid.
3.{16-3} =se oía llamar=, _she heard some one call her_.
4.{16-4} =el que la mamá se enterase=, _if the mother had found it out_. Note the def. art. introducing a subordinate clause.
5.{16-5} =la cabeza=, _her head_. Note the use of the definite article instead of the possessive adjective, before words denoting parts of the body.
=Page 17.=--1.{17-1} =Me llamo ... muñecas= = _Me llamo Teresa. No crea usted por Dios que juego con muñecas_.
2.{17-2} =lo era=; =lo= stands for =más linda=.
3.{17-3} =me iba enamorando=; cf. page 6, note 2.
4.{17-4} =que ... menor=, _that my youngest son was_.
=Page 18.=--1.{18-1} =Tenía ... negocios=; note that the participle agrees with the direct object when the auxiliary is _tener_.
2.{18-2} =¡Qué ... mona!= _what a pretty child!_
3.{18-3} =lo fácil que=; see _lo ... que_, under _que_ (adv.), in Vocab.
4.{18-4} =alzarme ... cargo=, _take his place_ (as _alcalde_).
=Page 19.=--1.{19-1} =fuese=; the subject is =alcalde=.
2.{19-2} =¡Qué había de huir!= _why should I have to run away!_
3.{19-3} =se la he jugado á Manuel=. Here, as often, =la= is an indefinite pronoun. In this sentence it may be translated _a trick_.
4.{19-4} =que ... oye=, _that he almost heard me_. Note the use of the historical present.
=Page 20.=--1.{20-1} =solemos ... caballeros=; cf. page 15, note 1.
2.{20-2} =echándolo á broma=, _turning it into a jest_.
3.{20-3} =cuanto ... peor=, _the more one likes them, the worse it is_.
4.{20-4} =¡pero ... quieres!= _but if one loves, (one will do anything)!_
5.{20-5} =¿Estará?= _can he be?_ Cf. page 3, note 1.
6.{20-6} =todo ... cavilar=, _I pondered and pondered over it all_.
=Page 21.=--1.{21-1} =llega ... salgo= has the force of _hubiera llegado ... habría salido_. The pluperfect subjunctive and the conditional perfect are usually avoided in colloquial Spanish.
2.{21-2} =lleva=; cf. page 3, note 3.
3.{21-3} =¡Si usted viera!= _If you had (could have) seen it!_
4.{21-4} =debí ... sido= = _debí (de) serle_. This childlike language is somewhat similar to the redundant English expression that one sometimes hears, "I should have been glad to have done it."
=Page 22.=--1.{22-1} =La= = =le=, feminine, dative singular. The best writers sometimes use _la_ in this way, to avoid ambiguity.
2.{22-2} =Le ... sí=, _I consented to be his sweetheart_ (lit., _I told him yes_).
3.{22-3} =iba cogida=, _was holding on_. Note the use of _ir_ as an auxiliary verb with the past participle.
4.{22-4} =fué=; cf. page 6, note 2.
=Page 23.=--1.{23-1} =no hacía ... estaban=, _it was not more than a year that they had been_, or _they had not been ... more than a year_; cf. page 12, note 2.
2.{23-2} =le ... el cariño=, _... their affection for her_.
3.{23-3} =que la mamá ... pudiese=, _that her mother should manage the best way she could_.
4.{23-4} =papá= is subject of =parecía=; =... á ellas=, _the girls_.
5.{23-5} =las ... valían= = _cada una tenía un novio, pero los novios no valían_. Cf. H. F. _Gr._, § 81, 2.
=Page 24.=--1.{24-1} =aquél= refers to the =paraíso=.
2.{24-2} =Teresa ... admirablemente=, _Teresa was most delighted_.
3.{24-3} =el verla=; note the definite article before the infinitive. Cf. H. F. _Gr._, § 120, 3.
4.{24-4} =A te, oh cara= (Ital.), is, in Spanish: _Á ti, oh cara_, _to thee, my beloved_.
=Page 25.=--1.{25-1} =no ... valga=, _no queen would be of account_.
2.{25-2} =hacérselo reconocer=, _to make her realize it_.
3.{25-3} =si ... acuerdo= (Span. proverb), _out of sight, out of mind_.
4.{25-4} =para ... punto= (lit., _to carry the conversation to another point_), _to change the subject_.
5.{25-5} =¡Si yo ... pocos!= (= _muchos ó pocos años_), _why! I shall love you the same, whether you are old or young!_
=Page 26.=--1.{26-1} =que nos tratásemos de tú=, _that we should address each other with tú_. _Tú_ is more familiar than _usted_.
2.{26-2} =después de aceptado=, _after I had accepted_.
3.{26-3} =del principio=, _that she had had at first_.
=Page 27.=--1.{27-1} =que le había visto=, _that I had seen her wear_.
=Page 28.=--1.{28-1} =se le ... garganta=, _a lump had come into her throat_.
2.{28-2} =hacía ... delante=, _she made them hold their hands before them_.
=Page 29.=--1.{29-1} =de=, _for_.
=Page 30.=--1.{30-1} For the life and works of Alarcón, see page xii of the _Introduction_. The text of _La Buenaventura_ is taken from the _Obras de D. Pedro A. de Alarcón_ (in the _Colección de Escritores Castellanos_), _Novelas Cortas, Madrid, 1905_. _La Buenaventura_ describes the conditions that existed formerly in certain parts of Spain. Then the sparsely populated districts were infested with highwaymen. To-day, chiefly through the efforts of the Civil Guard, a select body of Spanish police, one is as safe in the highways and by-ways of Spain as in those of any other civilized country.
2.{30-2} =sobrenombre= is, strictly speaking, a name added to the _apellido_, to distinguish two persons whose _apellido_ is the same.
3.{30-3} =echado que hubo= = _cuando hubo echado_.
4.{30-4} =Eugenio Portocarrero, conde del Montijo=, was father of Eugénie, the wife of Napoleon III.
5.{30-5} That is to say, he was fond of =lo ajeno=, but he took it only =con permiso del engañado dueño=.
=Page 31.=--1.{31-1} =á que se me den=, _that I may receive_ (lit., _that ... may be given to me_).
2.{31-2} --=Los ofrecidos hace días=, _those offered some days ago_.
3.{31-3} =al que=, _to the one who_.
4.{31-4} =Lo=, him. Alarcón uses _lo_ oftener than _le_, as the masc. sing. accusative form of the pers. pron. Some of the best modern writers, e.g. Juan Valera, have avoided _lo_ as a masc. form.
5.{31-5} =hace tres años que se persigue=, _for three years we have been pursuing_; the present tense is used, as the act or state still continues.
6.{31-6} =de que ... Justicia=, _by which the officers of justice should never catch him_.
=Page 32.=--1.{32-1} =hizo ocho días=, _a week ago_. Cf. the French _il y a huit jours_, and the German _vor acht Tagen_.
2.{32-2} =¿Será=; cf. page 20, note 5.
3.{32-3} =matan=; cf. page 3, note 3.
=Page 33.=--1.{33-1} =no había de conocerte= has about the force of _no te conocería_. See H. F. _Gr._, § 71, 1.
2.{33-2} =¡Y que ... para=, _and can there be a mother who gives birth to_.
3.{33-3} =¡Jesús!= Expressions such as _¡Dios mío!_, _¡Jesús!_, etc., are common in Spanish. Translate by _heavens!_, or some similar expression.
4.{33-4} =¡Que ... muera=, _may I die an untimely death_.
5.{33-5} =gitanico= is subject of =tenía=.
6.{33-6} =le= refers to =mula=: do not translate =le=. This use of an expletive dat. pers. pron., of the 3d pers., referring to a dative noun, is very common in spoken Spanish. See also page 34, line 5.
7.{33-7} =si son=, _why, they are_. Note this common use of exclamatory _si_.
=Page 34.=--1.{34-1} =Parrón= is subject of =decir=; =nube de trabucos= is subject of =rodear=.
2.{34-2} =¡Deteneos!=; for this omission of _-d_ before _os_, see H. F. _Gr._, § 86. a.
3.{34-3} =se la cogí=; _se_ is the dative of interest; lit., _for him_; cf. H. F. _Gr._, § 111, a.
4.{34-4} =Eso= =... lo=; cf. page 5. note 2.
5.{34-5} =¿Dices que cuándo?= Note the expletive =que= here, as in =que sí= and =que no=.
6.{34-6} =me... sesos=, _might cause my brains to be blown out_.
=Page 35.=--1.{35-1} =después de muerto=, _after he is dead_.
2.{35-2} =había... sacasen=, _I had succeeded in getting them to take me out..._
=Page 36.=--1.{36-1} =los gitanos... tenemos=; cf. page 15, note 1.
2.{36-2} =hubiese= is here an imperf. subj., corresponding in meaning to _hay_.
=Page 37.=--1.{37-1} =quiere decir=; see under _decir_, in Vocab.
2.{37-2} =Todo... muera= = _es preciso que muera todo el que cae..._
3.{37-3} =me=, an ethical dative; do not translate.
4.{37-4} =alguno de ustedes=; note the changing from =vosotros= to =ustedes=, which is more formal and expresses greater respect.
5.{37-5} =será=; cf. page 3, note 1.
=Page 38.=--1.{38-1} =¡Pues... dinero!= _well, if he doesn't actually want his money too_.
=Page 39.=--1.{39-1} =¡Á la paz de Dios!= _God be with you!_
2.{39-2} =habría=; cf. page 2, note 3.
3.{39-3} =que... vista= (lit., _that took away my sight_), _that blinded me_.
=Page 40.=--1.{40-1} =Si conforme... señas=, _if, instead of me, who found him and learned what was going on, it had been the mountain soldiers, he would have given them a description of you_.
=Page 41.=--1.{41-1} =y parte... San Felipe= = _y en parte de la calle de San Felipe_.
2.{41-2} =del cual... soldado=, _that was not in keeping with the dress of a private soldier_.
3.{41-3} =El llamado Manuel=, _the man called Manuel_.
=Page 42.=--1.{42-1}--=¡Van once=, _that makes eleven_.
=Page 43.=--1.{43-1} =tiro= is the subject of =haber sonado=.
2.{43-2} =¡Qué Conde... muerto!= _the Conde del Montijo! have you lost your senses! What is the literal meaning?_
3.{43-3} =se hizo conducir=, _had himself taken_.
=Page 45.=--1.{45-1} For the life and works of Pardo Bazán, see pages xiv-xv of the _Introduction_. The text of _El voto_ is taken from the _Obras completas de Emilia Pardo Bazán, Tomo X, Cuentos nuevos, Madrid_.
2.{45-2} =traía ... niño=; cf. page 12, note 2.
=Page 46.=--1.{46-1} =del que=, _of one who_.
2.{46-2} =sirenas ... escollo=; the sea-nymphs of classical mythology, who, with their sweet song, allured the passing mariners to their death. Hence: la melodía de las sirenas, _the voice of temptation_.
3.{46-3} =á los veintidós años=, _after twenty-two years_.
4.{46-4} =con las de= = _con las zurriagas de_.
=Page 47.=--1.{47-1} =tirano de Samos=; see _Polícrates_, in the Vocab.
2.{47-2} =que ... salú= (=_salud_), _may it give you health, or may it do you good_: an expression used after eating or drinking. Cf. the German, _wohl bekomm's_.
=Page 48.=--1.{48-1} =que las había=, _for there were some_.
=Page 49.=--1.{49-1} =entrase=; note here the imperf. subj. instead of the pret. ind., with _como_; =como la moza entrase= = _entrando la moza_.
2.{49-2} =Ella ... será= = _ella no será dragón_: =será= is fut. of probability.
=Page 50.=--1.{50-1} =Con ... sal= = _Con ... sal estará pagada_.
2.{50-2} =que salió ganando=, _who came out a winner_.
=Page 51.=--1.{51-1} For the life and works of Blasco Ibáñez, see page xvi of the _Introduction_. _La barca abandonada_ is the germ of one of the author's earlier novels, _Flor de mayo_. The text is taken from a volume of short stories entitled _La condenada, por Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Valencia y Madrid, 1895_.
2.{51-2} =ocurriera= has here the force of a preterite; cf. H. F. _Gr._, § 99, 2.
=Page 52.=--1.{52-1} =caballos=; only old and worn-out horses are selected for the bull-fights.
2.{52-2} =Socarrao= (= "_Socarrado_", "Scorched"), "_Terror_".
=Page 53.=--1.{53-1} =lleva hechos=; one may also say _tiene hechos_, or simply _ha hecho_; but these expressions differ somewhat in meaning.
2.{53-2} =se le ... pillo= = _se le ocurrió á un pillo ... decir_.
=Page 54.=--1.{54-1} =que=, _so that_.
=Page 55.=--1.{55-1} =Mejor hubiéramos visto=, _we should have preferred to see_.
2.{55-2} =noche= is subject of =habría cerrado=, and =cañonero= (understood) of =alcanzara=.
3.{55-3} =cualquiera=, _no one at all_. This may possibly be a negative use of _cualquiera_, before the verb, similar to that of _jamás_, _en mi vida_, etc.; or it may be merely ironical.
=Page 56.=--1.{56-1} =¡para ... tiempo!= _this was not the time for compliance!_
2.{56-2} =¡que ... quisiera!=, _God's will be done!_
3.{56-3} =Había que ver=, _you ought to have seen_.
=Page 58.=--1.{58-1} =á la ... patas=, _the bark had grown feet_.
2.{58-2} =burro de gitano=; the hair on the back and sides of these donkeys is usually cut close, so as not to show the worn places distinctly.
=Page 59.=--1.{59-1} =que=; omit in translating.
=Page 60.=--1.{60-1} =lo sacarán ... patrón=, _it will be sold at auction, and the captain will get it_.
2.{60-2} =Á cada ... suyo=, (lit., _to every one whatever may be his own_) _let every one have whatever is his by right_.
=Page 61.=--1.{61-1} For the life and works of Pérez Galdós, see pages xiii-xiv of the _Introduction_. The text of _La mula y el buey_ is taken from _Torquemada en la hoguera, etc., por B. Pérez Galdós, Madrid, 1898_.
2.{61-2} =se fué poniendo=; cf. page 6, note 2. Note also that =se= precedes =fué=. One might also say _fué poniéndose_.
=Page 62.=--1.{62-1} _angelitos al cielo_; since the souls of little children go directly to heaven.
=Page 63.=--1.{63-1} =les= = _los_ (direct object), as often in the writings of Pérez Galdós. See also =castigarles=, page 23, line 8.
2.{63-2} =Cómo había de=, _how could_.
=Page 64.=--1.{64-1} =si se quiere=, _if you wish_.
2.{64-2} =éralo=;--=lo= = =aflictiva=.
=Page 65.=--1.{65-1} =del mucho comer=; cf. page 24, note 3.
2.{65-2} =Delirando ... fiebre=, _when she was delirious under the torture of a high fever_ (lit., _raving, when the fever put her in its furnace of torture_).
3.{65-3} =almendras=; note how conspicuous the almond is at Christmas-tide in Spain.
=Page 66.=--1.{66-1} =quien=; this use of _quien_ with an antecedent that is plural and does not denote persons is now archaic.
2.{66-2} =se hizo acompañar de=, _he brought with him_.
3.{66-3} =Rey Mago negro=; according to an old tradition, one of the Three Wise Men, who followed the star to the birthplace of the infant Jesus, was a negro. This is well illustrated in the painting, _The Worshiping Wise Men_, by the Spanish painter, Fray Juan Bautista Maino.
4.{66-4} =Por traer=, _for the sake of bringing things_.
5.{66-5} =Conocedora Celinina= (an absolute construction), _as Celinina was a judge_.
=Page 67.=--1.{67-1} =Santa Cruz=; see Vocab.
2.{67-2} =lotería=, probably the government lottery from the profits of which the government receives a considerable sum. There is usually a large prize, sometimes of a million _pesetas_, at Christmas.
=Page 68.=--1.{68-1} =que aun ... esperanza=, _which still continued to exist in her hope_.
=Page 69.=--1.{69-1} =la que= = _la niña que_.
=Page 70.=--1.{70-1} =que era dado imaginar=, _that could be imagined_.
2.{70-2} =tocó el pecho con la barba=, _began to nod_.
=Page 71.=--1.{71-1} =debía ... gloria=, _must have savored of heavenly bliss_.
=Page 72.=--1.{72-1} =haya=; note the omission of _que_ before =haya=, to avoid repetition.
2.{72-2} =parece ... adelante=, _seems to run out across the table_.
=Page 73.=--1.{73-1} =Perico el ciego=; blind beggars are numerous in Spain, and they are in evidence especially during holidays.
2.{73-2} The =barrio Salamanca= is a new and fashionable quarter of Madrid.
3.{73-3} =lo=; cf. page 5, note 2.
4.{73-4} =le=; cf. page 33, note 6.
=Page 74.=--1.{74-1} =Mahonesa= and =Scropp= are probably makers or sellers of toys.
=Page 75.=--1.{75-1} =faltándole ... seculares=, _because its foundations, centuries old, were found wanting_.
=Page 76.=--1.{76-1} =Ya ... día=, _when day was near_.
2.{76-2} =Abuelo=, i.e., _God_.
=Page 79.=--1.{79-1} For the life and works of "Fernán Caballero", see pages ix-x of the _Introduction_. The text of _Obrar bien... que Dios es Dios_ is taken from the _Otras completas de Fernán Caballero, Cuadros de Costumbres, Tomo II, Madrid, 1902_.
2.{79-2} =labrarían=; cf. page 2, note 3.
3.{79-3} =árabes=. The Mohammedan Moors and Arabs entered Spain from Africa in 711 and conquered most of the peninsula. It was only after seven centuries of warfare that the Spaniards were able to reconquer the entire country. Toledo was taken from the Moors in 1085, Cordova in 1236, Seville in 1248, and finally Granada in 1492. The peaceful Moors (_Moriscos_) who had remained in Spain after the reconquest were expelled at the beginning of the seventeenth century. It is needless to say that the Moors left a deep impress on the Spanish race.
4.{79-4} =sería=; note that =sería= is equivalent to =probablemente fué=.
5.{79-5} =que puede fuese=, _which was perhaps_. Note the omission of _que_ before =fuese=, to avoid repetition.
6.{79-6} =lo que sí sabemos=, _what we do know_.
=Page 80.=--1.{80-1} =expulsión de los árabes=; this refers, not to their final expulsion from Spain, but to their earlier expulsion from the provinces of Cordova and Seville. See _Santo Rey_ in the Vocab.
2.{80-2} =se le veía=; note this use of =se=, which is nearly equivalent to the French indefinite pronoun _on_ or the German _man_.
3.{80-3} =Cual la= = _como la vista_.
=Page 81.=--1.{81-1} =le ... hombre=; =le= is indirect, and =hombre= direct, object.
2.{81-2} =que dijo ser=, _who was, he said_.
=Page 82.=--1.{82-1} =opuesta ... ella=, lit., _opposed to that they should occupy themselves with her_. How should this be expressed in correct English?
2.{82-2} =como ... corazón= = _como su vanidad no le pedía el agradar á los hombres, ni su corazón le pedía agradar á aquél_ (= _el guarda_).
=Page 83.=--1.{83-1} =¿Á que= = _apuesto á que_, _I wager that_.
2.{83-2} =no sabo= = _no sé_. The natural tendency of children everywhere is to make all verbs regular.
3.{83-3} =carrillo=. It creaks and shrieks when it rises laden, and rattles and prattles when it descends.
4.{83-4} =reñir= has here the force of an imperative.
5.{83-5} =á cantar= = _vamos á cantar_; =á ver= = _vamos á ver_.
6.{83-6} =no se ... rogar=, _did not have to be coaxed_.
7.{83-7} =dice=; _canción_ (_song_) is understood as subject.
8.{83-8} =que=; note the use of _que_ in this and the following lines, sometimes expletive (as here), and again meaning _for_.
=Page 84.=--1.{84-1} =Carlanco=, _bugbear_. In a footnote (_Cuadros de Costumbres, Vol. II, Madrid, 1902_, page 216) Fernán Caballero says: «_El Carlanco pertenece á la familia de los pavorosos y fantásticos monstruos del Cancón, del Bu y del Coco._» _Carlanco_ is not given in the Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy, but _cancón_, _bu_ and _coco_ are given and are defined as "an imaginary phantom with which one frightens children". In English one says "bugaboo", and sometimes "boo" to frighten children.
2.{84-2} =que=, _for_; as also in lines 19 and 23. Note again this common use of _que_.
3.{84-3} =no tiene ... cal= = _no tiene dinero para comprar la cal_.
4.{84-4} =ésa soy yo=, _I am she_.
=Page 85.=--1.{85-1} =les=; cf. page 33, note 6.
2.{85-2} =la=; cf. page 19, note 3.
=Page 86.=--1.{86-1} =pegando unos bufidos ... resoplidos=, _blowing and snorting_. Cf. the expression in the English nursery-tale, "and he huffed and he puffed."
2.{86-2} =para servir á Vd.=, _at your service_. This is a conventional phrase commonly used when one person is presented to another.
3.{86-3} =que echaba incendios=, _so that the sparks flew_, i.e. _like lightning_.
4.{86-4} =escuchare aquesto=; note the hypothetical (or future) subjunctive and the pronoun =aquesto=, both of which are archaic. To-day one would say: =Para el que escuche esto=.
=Page 87.=--1.{87-1} =pasada á deber=, _that had become a duty_.
2.{87-2} =sin que ... carita=, _so that nothing but her little face could be seen_.
3.{87-3} =mire Vd. antes en=, _first look at_.
=Page 88.=--1.{88-1} =ábrame Vd. la ventana=. This is an invitation to Varmen to open her window and sit or stand there behind the grating (=reja=), so that the guard standing without may speak with her. This is the common way to woo in southern Spain.
2.{88-2} =tengo que ...= here means _I have something to ..._
3.{88-3} =ni pasarse= [_de la raya_] =ni llegarse= = _not to cross the line nor even to come up to it_. Translate: _I draw the line there_, or _you must not go too far_.
4.{88-4} =No exprima ... zumo=. This proverbial saying comes from the fact, well known to southern Spaniards, that if the orange is squeezed too much, the juice will taste of the bitter peel. Here it means: _do not go too far_.
5.{88-5} =con él= = _con su ministerio_.
6.{88-6} =estaba hacía=; cf. page 12, note 2.
7.{88-7} =esto=; the preceding clause is the antecedent.
8.{88-8} Note that =unido esto al conocimiento individual= is here felt to be a plural subject of =hacían=.
=Page 89.=--1.{89-1} =Y tú lo que debes=; note that =tú= is more emphatic than if it was placed immediately before its verb, =debes=.
2.{89-2} =de manera ... vivir=, _almost to death_.
=Page 90.=--1.{90-1} =presurosa=; cf. page 4, note 2.
2.{90-2} =de lo que=. This word order is common in Spanish. The English word order would be =lo de que=.
3.{90-3} =en su vida=; when _en mi_ (_tu_, _su_, etc.) _vida_, like _jamás_, _nada_, etc., precedes the verb, _no_ is omitted. See _vida_ in Vocab.
4.{90-4} =lo=; cf. page 5, note 2.
5.{90-5} =¡Á ése ... que=, _he is the one to whom_. Note the redundant =á= before =ése=.
=Page 91.=--1.{91-1} =que va mucho de ... á=, _there is a great distance between ... and_.
2.{91-2} =tiene echada el alma atrás=, _he has cast away his soul_.
3.{91-3} =Haga yo ... quiera=, _may I do my duty, and God's will be done_.
4.{91-4} =césped= is the subject of =cubre=.
=Page 92.=--1.{92-1} =No parece sino que=, _it seems only to have_.
2.{92-2} =eran=; translate _it was_.
3.{92-3} =que tienen ... quede= = _que tienen bastante para dar y para que les quede algún_ (=perfume=).
=Page 93.=--1.{93-1} =Aquélla á ... conversación=, _on the one following his conversation_.
2.{93-2} =no cumple ... propósito= = _no cumple un mal propósito tan fácilmente como lo concibe_.
=Page 94.=--1.{94-1} For the life and works of Trueba, see pages xii-xiii of the _Introduction_. The text of _Ten-con-ten_ is taken from the _Obras de Don Antonio de Trueba, Tomo IX, Nuevos cuentos populares, Madrid, 1905_. The complete story is that of a monarch who tried to please everybody in a country divided by political factions. In his trouble he turned to General Robles for advice, and the general, in order to convince the monarch that he could not succeed in his effort to please everybody, told the story that is given in this volume. The king listened to this story, but he did not heed its moral, with the result that he lost his throne and was driven into exile.
2.{94-2} =dícese ... lleva= (lit., _it is said that when the river sounds it brings water_), _where there is smoke, there is a fire_.