=Manuela de la Peña Cuéllar= (?). The little story _La niña del vigía_
is popular, and it is found, in more or less mutilated form, in _libros
de lectura_ (readers) that are used in the schools of Spain and Spanish
America.
=20.=--[20.1] =La Niña del Vigía=, 'The Lighthouse-keeper's Daughter' (lit.,
'... little girl').
[20.3] =se enciende=, 'is lighted.' Note how often, in this story, the
reflexive is best translated by the English passive.
[20.6] =de=, 'in' (as often, when used with =manera=).
[20.13] =tienen que=, 'have to,' or 'must.'
[20.20] =No se podía atravesar=, 'it was impossible to pass over.'
[20.21] =al día=, 'a day.'
=21.=--[21.5] =Sabiendo ellos=, 'since they knew.' Note that the pres. part.
usually precedes its subject.
[21.6] =habían de pasar=, 'would pass,' or 'were to pass' (=habían de
pasar= is almost equivalent to _pasarían_).
[21.10] =Llegado que hubo==_luego que hubo llegado_.
[21.11] =le ataron de pies=, 'they tied his feet.'
[21.14] =impaciente=: see note, page 1, l. 25.
[21.16] =ya se veían las olas estrellarse=, 'the waves were already seen
dashing.'
[21.18] =Dieron las seis=, 'six o'clock struck.'
[21.20] =Á las siete y media=, 'at half-past seven.'
[21.26] =En=, 'at.'--=de=: omit here in translation, as usually before a
subordinate clause.
[21.30] =hizo luz=, 'struck a light.'--=probó si... podía=, 'she
tried... to' (lit., 'she tried if she could').
=22.=--[22.1] =le faltaba=, 'she lacked' (lit., 'was lacking to her').
[22.3] =Ya iba á sentarse=, 'she was just going to sit down.'
[22.6] =lo suficiente=, sufficiently.