=Emilia Pardo Bazán=, b. 1851 in Galicia, a literary critic and
novelist. Pardo Bazán is considered the most highly cultivated and the
most forceful contemporary writer amongst the women of modern Spain.
Works: _Los pazos de Ulloa_, _La madre naturaleza_, _El cisne de
Vilamorta_, _De mi tierra_, _Pascual López_, _La cuestión palpitante_,
et al.
=46.=--[46.7] =de=, 'with.'
[46.10] =le sentaba á las mil maravillas=, 'was wonderfully becoming to
her.'
[46.12] =sobre poco más ó menos=: see under _más_, in Vocab.
[46.17] =quien=, 'one who.'
[46.21] =Ahí va dinero=, 'there's the money.'
=47.=--[47.5] =Al decir esto el empleado==_cuando el empleado dijo esto_. Note
that =empleado= is the subject of =decir=. See note, page 6, l. 22.
[47.6] =damisela=: why can =damisela= not be the object of =había
soltado=?
[47.17] =Sonó la campana==_la campana sonó_. Note how often the subject
follows the verb in this story.
[47.20] =fuesen=, 'might be.'
[47.25] =del=, 'in the.'
=48.=--[48.9] =que le enseñase=, 'to show him.'
[48.13] =Tengo la colección completa==_la colección está completa_.
[48.19] =Éste no lo tengo yo==_yo no tengo éste_; but =éste= is more
emphatic in the first sentence.
[48.23] =se pusiese color de=, 'turned the color of.' Note the subj.
with _como_ ('as'): =como se pusiese==_poniéndose_.
[48.27] =te he de decir una cosa=, 'I have something to tell you.'
[48.28] =dímela= (_di-me-la_): see _di_, in Vocab.
=49.=--[49.1] =Hay que ir=: see _hay que_ under _haber_, in Vocab.
[49.7] =que le había de suceder algo raro...=, 'that something
unusual... would' (or 'was to) happen to him.'
[49.9] =con=: see _soñar con_, in Vocab.
[49.10] =coleccionaba, soñaba=: why must these be translated by the
English pluperfect indicative?
[49.18] =constándole á=, 'as it was clear' (or 'evident) to.'
[49.19] =había= is here the imp. ind. of _hay_.
[49.25] =Lo que me ibas á decir==_lo que_ ('what') _ibas á decirme_.
[49.28] =Si=: note that =si= here means 'why' or 'indeed,' and not 'if.'
=50.=--[50.4] =echó á==_empezó á_.
[50.10] =Se halla un alma enamorada==_un alma se halla enamorada_. Note
_un_, where _el_ would be used, before a feminine noun beginning with
stressed _a_. It is considered better form to use _una_.
[50.14] =No... más que en=, '... only of.'
[50.17] =novios en regla=, 'real lovers.' Here _novio_ does not mean
formally 'betrothed.'
[50.19] =se hablaba de=, 'they were speaking of.'
[50.24] =¡Jesús, María y José!= 'great heavens!' Custom has made this
invocation of the Holy Family less sacrilegious in Spanish than in
English. Cf. _dios mío_, 'dear me.'
[50.36] =irán=, 'can they be going?' See note, page 1, l.
24.--=Aviso==_avisaré_. The pres. ind. may often be used for the fut.
=51.=--[51.14] =que=, 'to.'
[51.19] =La hicimos=, 'we have done it.' =La= is here an indefinite
pronoun.
[51.20] =será de=: see under _ser_, in Vocab.
[51.21] =Lo que=, 'how,' or 'what (a good time).'
[51.28] =¿Por dónde se va?= see under _dónde_, in Vocab.
=52.=--[52.2] =á la del Inglés==_á la fonda del Inglés_.
[52.8] =no se les permitió=, 'they were not permitted.'--=ni aún los
domingos=: the _internos_, or boarding-students, of a _colegio_ are
allowed to visit their parents or guardians on Sundays. On other
occasions they may leave the confines of the _colegio_ only when
accompanied by an instructor. See _colegio_ in Vocab.