=Enrique Pérez Escrich=, b. 1823 in Valencia, d. 1897. Pérez Escrich is
a writer of plays and pleasant stories in a simple, direct style. The
subject treated in =Tony=, that of a dog that is mistakenly believed to
be mad, is taken up again and treated more fully and more happily in
=Fortuna=. Works: _El maestro de baile_ (play), _Cura de Aldea_ (play
and novel), _El mártir del Gólgota_, _Un libro para mis nietos_, et al.
=23.=--[23.2] =aseguraros=: the familiar _vosotros_ and _os_ are often used in
writings and in public address.
[23.5] =con sólo ver=, 'merely from seeing.'
[23.7] =se le sacrifica=, 'one sacrifices him,' or 'he is sacrificed.'
The verb is impersonal.--=por si=: see _por si_, under _por_, in Vocab.
=24.=--[24.1] =reducida á=, 'which was merely to.'
[24.3] =de=: do not translate. See note, =page 21=, l. 26.--=mientras
Tony velara=, 'as long as Tony should watch over' (=velara= is
subjunctive of indef. fut. time).
[24.11] =se le citaba=, 'a business appointment was made with him.'
[24.12] =el día cuatro=, 'the fourth,' or 'the fourth day.'
[24.13] =debía=, 'was to.'
[24.18] =veinte mil reales=: how many _pesetas_ are there?
[24.21] =de El Palomar=: =de El= is written instead _del_, because =El=
forms part of a proper noun.
[24.25] =del que... y el que=, 'of the one who... and the one who.'
[24.26] =sucedió lo que sucede=, 'that happened which happens.'
=25.=--[25.1] =que era donde=, 'where' (lit., 'which was where').
[25.5] =Conste=, 'let it be understood.' The subjunctive has here the
force of an imperative.
[25.7] =se haría=, 'should be made.'
[25.9] =las que resultaran=, 'those that should turn out to be' (or
'should be found').
[25.10] =más que aquí=, 'anywhere else than right here.'
[25.11] =lo dejas=, 'you may leave it alone.' The pres. ind. has here
the force of a fut. ind. used imperatively.
[25.19] =la que había emprendido Pablo=, 'that which Paul had taken.'
[25.29] =como si tratara de=, 'as if he were trying to.'
=26.=--[26.11] =Nuevamente= is redundant: do not translate.--=volvió á
colocarse=, 'placed himself _again_.'
[26.12] =hasta chocar... con=, 'until he struck... against.' The
infinitive is used here because the main and the subordinate verbs have
the same subject.
[26.22] =á quien... decirle=, 'whose master does not understand what he
means.'
[26.27] =sin que soltara=, 'without his letting go of.'
=27.=--[27.10] =Al aturdimiento=: the _á_ of =al= indicates that =aturdimiento=
is the object of the verb.
[27.15] =por=, 'with.'
[27.19] =dándole=, 'by giving him.'
=28.=--[28.20] =después de muerto=, 'after death' (lit., 'after dead').
[28.31] =fué perdiendo=, 'lost' (lit., 'went losing').
=29.=--[29.6] =Perdona=, 'pardon me.'
[29.7] =llevarte=, 'carry for you': =te= is ethical dative (dative of
interest).--=ya lo ves=, 'you see now.'
[29.11] =ha de=, 'shall.'
[29.13] =lleva por nombre=, 'has borne the name of.' The pres. ind. is
used, since the act or state still continues.