90-1: =tal día hizo= (or _hará_) =un año=: (expression of
indifference or unconcern) _it's no great matter_.
90-2: =con poner mucha tierra por medio=: _by going a long way off_.
90-3: =no hay que pensar=: cf. note _lo que hay que hacer_, p. 12, 4.
90-4: =Toma aquí=: _go this way_.
90-5: =Tetuán=: city of Morocco, south of _Ceuta_.
90-6: =Llegado que hubieron=: cf. note _echado que hubo_, p. 1, 3.
90-7: =ben-Carime=: cf. note _Aben Humeya_, p. 76, 5.
90-8: =recién salida=: cf. note _recién llegado_, p. 73, 2.
90-9: =tal o cual=: _this or that, some... or other_.
91-1: =se coman=: cf. note _lo que me digo_, p. 7, 5.
91-2: =Aben-Humeya=: cf. note p. 76, 5.
91-3: =Don Juan de Austria=: a natural son of the Emperor Charles V,
suppressed an insurrection of the Moors in _Granada_ (1570) and later
Footnote: won the battle of _Lepanto_, where he crushed the Turkish
armament. _Cervantes_, the author of _Don Quixote_, served under him in
this battle.
92-1: =sin perjuicio de que=: cf. same note, p. 64, 11.
92-2: =andando los años=: cf. note _escrita la carta_, p. 83, 5.
92-3: =setecientos=: it will be observed that in this and other
compounds of _siete_, _ie_ reverts to the original etymological _e_ in
accordance with the general rule operating through the whole Spanish
vocabulary that _e_ changes to _ie_, and _o_ to _ue_, only in the
accented syllable.
92-4: =volverá a pertenecerles=: it is said that some of the African
Moors still preserve the title deeds to their Andalusian estates and
even the keys of the houses, to which they hope to return.
92-5: =los cartagineses=: The Carthaginian influence predominated in
Spain for several centuries till the end of the second Punic war in 201
B.C.; the Roman domination extended over several centuries from that
date. The Vandals and Goths ruled in Spain from the fifth to the eighth
century and the Moors from the eighth to the fifteenth.
92-6: =por la (or _lo_ or _el_) presente=: _at the present time_.
92-7: =suponiendo que=: _assuming that_.
92-8: =prójimo=: (noun) _one's neighbor, fellow-man; próximo -a_
(adj.) next, nearest, neighboring.
92-9: =nada más que=: _solely_.
92-10: =escrito=: _written_ (in the book of Destiny). Fatalism and
predestination are essential tenets of Mohammedanism.
93-1: =no es de hombres honestos=: _it is not (the characteristic) of
honorable men_, i.e. _it does not befit good men_.
93-2: =maldito seas=: cf. same note, p. 9, 4.
93-3: =ni tan siquiera=: cf. same note, p. 78, 9.
93-4: =egira=: (or _égira_ or _hégira_) the year of Mohammed's flight
from Mecca (622 A.D.), from which the Mohammedans reckon
chronologically.
93-5: =de resultas de=: _as a result of_.
93-6: =Corán=: _Coran_ or _Koran_ (the Mohammedan Bible).
94-1: =compaña=: an obsolescent form of _compañía_.
94-2: =no me estará de más=: _it will not be superfluous_.
94-3: =Luego=: _presently_.
94-4: =puede que=: cf. same note, p. 81, 6.
94-5: =por de pronto=: cf. same note, p. 81, 2.
94-6: =sinvergüenzona=: _shameless creature_. (Augmentative form of
_sin vergüenza_.)
95-1: =de lo que=: cf. note _por lo que_, p. 30, 4.
95-2: =agareno=: _Mohammedan_. Originally applied to those who were
supposed to descend from _Hagar_, as opposed to Saracen, a superior
class, claiming descent from _Sarah_, the wife of _Abraham_. _Vide_ Book
of _Genesis_.
96-1: =se viene=: _he will come along_. The reflexive pronoun, so
common with verbs of motion, is redundant. For tense cf. note _me
matan_, p. 3, 1.
96-2: =alcuzcuz=: cf. same note, p. 88, 5.
96-3: =muy recocido=: _thoroughly cooked_.
96-4: =a ver=: (= _para ver_). The preposition _a_, introducing an
infinitive expressing purpose, is regularly used after verbs of motion
like _ir, venir_, etc.
96-5: =dorado a fuego=: _bronzed_.
97-1: =Orán=: an Algerian province, bordering on Morocco.
97-2: =Marruecos=: _Morocco_.
97-3: =Supe=: cf. note _supe_, p. 63, 2.
97-4: =por resultas de=: cf. note _de resultas de_, p. 93, 5.
97-5: =a fuerza de=: _by dint of, at the price of_.
98-1: =visto lo cual=: cf. _escrita la carta_, p. 83, 5.
98-2: =te has hecho cargo=: _you have taken note of, you have
understood_.
98-3: =cuando menos=: _at least_.
98-4: =después de descubierto=: cf. note _después de muerto_, p. 5,
8.
98-5: =subir... hasta rey=: _rise even to the dignity of king_.
98-6: =¿Qué te parece mi proyecto?=: _how does my plan strike you_?
99-1: =Tú no has caído en una cuenta=: _there is one thing you have
failed to understand. Caigo en_..., I understand.
99-2: =tonto de capirote=: _utterly foolish_.
99-3: =Ni=: _and_. This peculiarly idiomatic use of the negative may
be explained as being carried into the expression of the thought by
suggestion from its essentially negative nature. Cf. note _ni_, p. 16,
6.
100-1: =el veintitantos=: _between the 20th and 28th_. The word is
compounded in the same manner as _veintiseis_, etc. Cf. note _veintiún_,
p. 22, 2.
100-2: =nevaba si había que nevar=: _(freely) it snowed if it ever
did_.
100-3: =sierra andaluza=: i.e. _Sierra Nevada_.
100-4: =señá=: provincialism for _señora_.
100-5: =cata aquí=: cf. same note, p. 84, 6.
100-6: =todo de un solo golpe=: _all at once_.
100-7: =se harán ustedes cargo=: cf. note _te has hecho cargo_, p.
98, 2.
100-8: =cruzándose la mantilla=: _crossing the ends of her mantilla
over her breast_.
100-9: =Estaría de Dios=: _it must have been God's will_. Cf. note
_no habría andado_, p. 8, 6.
100-10: =echases la misa en el puchero=: (should throw the mass into
the kettle) _should stay at home and not go to mass_.
100-11: =sobre si=: _on (the question) whether; as to whether_.
101-1: =Marchado que se hubo=: cf. note _echado que hubo_, p. 1, 3.
101-2: =manta de muestra=: a showy wrap or blanket.
101-3: =maestro de obras=: _master-mason_.
101-4: =hizo como que se marchaba=: _acted as if he were going off_,
i.e. _pretended to go_.
101-5: =ni tan siquiera=: cf. same note, p. 78, 9.
101-6: =en cuanto fué de día=: _as soon as it was day_.
101-7: =los tales ruidos=: cf. note _la tal efigie_, p. 65, 4.
101-8: =cuartucho=: (fr. _cuarto_, room) _mean little room_. The
diminutive ending _ucho_ is depreciative.
102-1: =Alcalde de monterilla=: _an ignorant rustic magistrate_.
102-2: =catalán=: of _Cataluña_, province in northwestern Spain.
102-3: =Yo me pinto solo=: _I excel_.
103-1: =Es que=: _but the fact is that_. Cf. note _y era que_, p. 69,
3.
103-2: =paró mientes=: _considered attentively_.
103-3: =Tampoco dejaría de agradarme=: _nor would it displease me_
(lit. _fail of pleasing me_).
103-4: =echó los brazos a la espalda=: _folded his arms behind his
back_.
104-1: =me lo sé=: cf. note _lo que me digo_, p. 7, 5.
104-2: =al pie de la letra=: _literally, word for word_.
104-3: =No me da por ahí=: _I have no interest in those parts_.
105-1: =chino=: the Chinese were formerly reputed to be very
guileless.
105-2: =Melilla=: Mediterranean seaport of Morocco.
105-3: =un sobrino que tiene de músico=: _a nephew of his, a
musician_.
105-4: =compadre=: cf. note _compadre_, p. 80, 2.
105-5: =dado que=: _inasmuch as_.
105-6: =en seguidita que almorcemos=: _just as soon as we have
breakfasted_. This diminutive form in _ita_ emphasizes the ordinary _en
seguida_.
106-1: =entre si parece o no parece=: _while we are waiting to learn
if it will appear or not appear_.
106-2: =De lo contrario=: _(in the contrary case), if you do not_.
107-1: =Juzgado de primera instancia=: an inferior court for trying
civil cases; primary court of claims.
107-2: =(q.D.g.)=: _que Dios guarde_, whom may God preserve.
108-1: =echarle mano=: _lay hands on him_.
108-2: =Chancillería de Granada=: formerly one of the two supreme
courts of Spain.
108-3: =Compadre=: cf. same note, p. 80, 2.
108-4: =Ni la Caridad=: _not Heaven itself_.
108-5: =salva=: cf. note _me matan_, p. 3, 1.
108-6: =o sea=: cf. note _o sean_, p. 39, 4.
108-7: =por lo pronto=: cf. note _por de pronto_, p. 81, 2.
108-8: =ha prescrito=: _has been outlawed_ or _rendered null_.
109-1: =Vaya si me lo llevaré=: _why! of course I will carry it away
with me_. For _vaya_ cf. note _vamos_, p. 5, 11; for _si_ cf. note _si
son de alegría_, p. 4, 2; and for _me_ cf, note _lo que me digo_, p. 7,
5.
109-2: =me he de vengar=: cf. note _había de conocer_, p. 3, 4.
109-3: =¡Vamos andando!=: _Let's be a-going_!
109-4: =habidos y por haber=: _(that have been and that shall be)
past and future_.
109-5: =el Viernes de Dolores=: _the Friday before Palm Sunday_.
109-6: =regresado que hubo=: cf. note _echado que hubo_, p. 1, 3.
109-7: =Domingo de Ramos=: _Palm Sunday_.
109-8: =Miércoles Santo=: _Wednesday of Holy Week_.
109-9: =Sábado de Gloria=: _Easter Sunday_.
110-1: =mandó poner una carta=: _he directed that a letter be
dispatched_.
110-2: =no volvió a echar más luz=: _Echar luz_, to recover health
and strength. For _volvió a_ cf. note _se volvió a reír_, p. 2, 3.
110-3: =Por manera que=: _so that_.
110-4: =con posterioridad a=: _subsequent to_.
110-5: =andando el tiempo=: cf. note _escrita la carta_, p. 83, 5.
111-1: =Spitzberg=: Spitzbergen, a group of islands in the Arctic
Ocean north of Norway.
111-2: =al hacha=: cf. note _al ave_, p. 25, 3.
111-3: =lo que sí sé=: _sí (yes)_ is often redundantly used to
emphasize a verb.
111-4: =emigrarían=: cf. note _no habría andado_, p. 8, 6.
112-1: =a fines de Agosto=: the plural forms _fines, mediados_, and
_principios_ are used in indefinite reference to end, middle, and
beginning of the month, year, etc.
112-2: =Siquiera=: _at least_.
112-3: =por si quería=: _in case I wished_.
112-4: =Parry=: the English explorer who made various Arctic
exploring expeditions between 1811 and 1827.
112-5: =Robinsón=: _Robinson Crusoe_.
113-1: =recorrer su ocaso=: _revolve around its setting point_.
113-2: =esculpidos=: cf. note _estupefacto_, p. 9, 1.
114-1: =posterior a su Apocalipsis=: _after the Apocalypse_ (the end
of the world). This is the Greek title of the Book of Revelation.
115-1: =lo mata todo=: _kills everything_. _Lo... todo_ as object of
a verb is often equivalent to _everything_.
116-1: =mi no ser=: _the non ego_.
116-2: =Groenlandia=: _Greenland_.
116-3: =Nueva Zembla=: _Nova Zembla_, a group of two islands in the
Arctic Ocean, north of Russia.
ll6-4: =descorrió=: _infused_.
116-5: =Oceanía=: _Oceanica_, the collective name of the islands of
the Pacific.
116-6: =Atila=: _Attila_, king of the Huns, who devastated Europe
about the middle of the fifth century.
117-1: =¿De que pecan?=: _in what respect are they wrong_ (lit. _do
they sin_)?
117-2: =de exagerados=: (i.e. _pecan de exagerados_) _they have the
fault of being exaggerated_.
118-1: =pro indiviso=: (Latin) _undivided_.
118-2: =habrá=: cf. note _no habría andado_, p. 8, 6.
119-1: =Lázaro=: for the story of the resurrection of Lazarus, see
the Gospel of John, xi.
120-1: =capella ardente=: (Italian) place where a dead body lies in
state amid burning tapers.
121-1: =frente a=: _in front of_.
121-2: =Ya... ya=: _now... now_.
123-1: =Noé=: _Noah_ (cf. Genesis, viii).
124-1: =Día 5=: (sc. _de Febrero_).
125-1: =a la Creación=: this is the direct object of _he aquí_ (=
behold). The preposition _a_, regularly used before the personal direct
object, may be used before things also when personified. Cf. p. 61, last
line.
126-1: =Círculo polar=: _Arctic Circle_ (66-2/3° N. latitude).
126-2: =mallemak=, etc.: retain the original name in translating.
126-3: =Escocia=: _Scotland_. Cf. note _estupefacto_, p. 9, 1.
127-1: =Prometeo=: _Prometheus_, who was chained to a rock by order
of Jove for stealing fire from heaven.
127-2: =¡Necio de mí!=: cf. same note, p. 13, 1.
129-1: =de consiguiente=: the usual phrase is _por consiguiente_.