=Armando Palacio Valdés=, b. 1853 in the Asturias. Palacio Valdés is a
journalist and novelist. He began as a realist, but his later works have
become more and more idealistic. He is a careful, direct writer, elegant
in diction, and he excels in psychological analysis. Palacio Valdés and
Pérez Galdós are probably the strongest and the best known Spanish
novelists of today. Works: _Marta y María_, _El idilio de un enfermo_,
_José_, _El cuarto poder_, _La hermana San Sulpicio_, _La espuma_, _La
fe_, _El maestrante_, _La alegría del capitán Ribot_, _La aldea
perdida_, et al.
=34.=--[34.1] =salón del Prado=: see _prado_ and _salón_, in Vocab.
[34.1] =aún no había gente=, 'there were not yet any people.'
[34.14] =sin que... perdiesen de vista=, 'without... losing sight of.'
[34.17] =en una silla metálica de las que==_en una de las sillas
metálicas que_. Both constructions occur, but the first is considered
the better.
[34.18] =me puse á=: see _ponerse á_, in Vocab.
[34.25] =gravedad= is the subject of =llamó=.
=35.=--[35.2] =alegría= is the subject of causaba.
[35.10] =vestido de marinero=, 'in a sailor-suit' (lit., 'dressed as a
sailor').
[35.14] =Luisa=: see this name, and those that follow, in the Vocab.
[35.15] =le tiró por los=..., 'pulled his....'
[35.18] =oí exclamar á Luisa==_oí á Luisa que exclamaba_.
[35.30] =de su misma edad=, 'of the same age as they.'
=36.=--[36.2] =debía de ser=, 'must have been.'
[36.9] =visto lo cual por su amiga=, 'her friend having observed this'
(lit., 'which seen by her friend').
[36.11] =lo que la ponía=, 'what made her.'
[36.13] =ya no=: see _ya no_, under _ya_, in Vocab.
[36.16] =Mañana hace un mes que= = _hará_ ('it will be') _un mes mañana
que_.
[36.17] =Á mí... me=: translate by an emphatic 'me.' The double
construction is here used for emphasis.--=toda la tarde la pasé==_pasé
toda la tarde_. The redundant =la= is here used because the object
precedes the verb.
[36.18] =te lo= ('so') =puede decir==_puede decírtelo_.
[36.22] =lo éramos desde hacía dos meses==_hacía dos meses que lo
éramos_ (=eramos=, 'had been'). The imperfect is used, as the condition
still existed: =lo= takes the place of =novios=,--omit in translation,
or translate 'engaged.'
[36.23] =al entrar en=, 'as I was going into.'
[36.24] =echó á correr=: see _echar(se) á_, under _echar_, in Vocab.
[36.26] =le había gustado=: does this mean 'he had liked me' or 'I had
liked him'?--=le quería==_[le] quería á el_: see _querer á_, in Vocab.
[36.27] =en=: see Vocab.--=que era la que=, 'which was the one that.'
[36.29] =á Luisa... Paco Núñez==_también Paco Núñez había escrito á
Luisa_: for the use of =le=, see second note, l. 17.
[36.31] =le dije=, 'said to him' (=Paco=).--=en el paseo=: on Sunday
afternoons and on other holidays, groups of young women accompanied by
older persons, and groups of young men, stroll up one side of the
=paseo= and down the other. Often they will go in opposite directions so
that they may speak in passing.
In Spain and in Spanish America, as in all Latin countries, young men
and young women, not closely related, may not walk out together unless
they are engaged to be married, and even then they must be accompanied
by an older person, usually the young woman's mother.
=37.=--[37.1] =que sí=, 'yes.' This expression may have its origin in _dice que
sí_, 'he says so.'--=á la otra vuelta=, 'when we went around again'
(lit., 'at the next turn').
[37.6] =una vez bailando=, 'once when we were dancing.' In the Latin
countries it is usually considered harmless to dance on Sundays after
returning from mass, and the most devout Christians may do
so.--=estaba==_él estaba_.
[37.10] =á la salida del colegio=, 'as I came from school.' See
_colegio_ in Vocab.
[37.14] =á que continuase=, 'for her to continue.'
[37.23] =metido en=, 'standing in' (lit., 'packed closely in').
[37.28] =el de la criada=, 'the servant's.'
[37.29] =le dejé ir mojándose hasta casa=, 'I let him go on getting wet
all the way home.'
[37.31] =fué que=, 'it was because.'
=38.=--[38.1] =se le anudó la voz en la garganta=, 'the words choked in her
throat.'
[38.3] =se la quedó mirando==_se quedó mirándola_.
[38.10] =sin que... perdiesen=, 'without... their losing.'
[38.23] =debió pasar=, 'must have passed.'
[38.25] =destacóse==_se destacó_. Note, finally, that a personal pronoun
object may follow any verb that comes first in a clause.--=le echó los
brazos al cuello=, 'threw her arms about her neck.'
[38.31] =dejó de=: see _no_ (or _ni_) _dejar de_, under _dejar_, in
Vocab.
=39.=--[39.1] =que= is expletive: do not translate.