=Emilia Pardo Bazán=: see note, page 46.
=53.=--[53.25] =no lo pasaban mal tampoco=, 'did not have a bad time of it
either.'
=54.=--[54.2] =nadie=, 'any one.' Note the negative pronoun after a comparative
(_mejor_).
[54.3] =andaban ellos de contentos=, 'they were well satisfied.'
[54.26] =Al oir tal=, 'on hearing this.'--=hubo==pret. of _hay_.
[54.29] =que el que echaba con señores=, 'that he who gambled with
gentlemen.'
[54.30] =de lo cual le pesó tanto al marqués=, 'at which the marquis was
so displeased' (lit., 'on account of which it weighed so upon the
marquis').
=55.=--[55.2] =le cobijaba=, 'had given him shelter.' Why imp. ind. in Spanish?
[55.13] =se le colaba el frío por la nuca=, 'his neck was getting cold'
(lit., 'the cold was filtering through the nape of his neck').
[55.15] =no nos ha de caer=, 'will not fall to us.'
[55.17] =se las compuso=, 'arranged matters' (=las= is here an
indefinite pronoun. Some such word as _cosas_ is probably understood
after =las=).
[55.18] =no sé qué=, 'some... or other' (lit., 'I know not what').
[55.31] =El Siglo Futuro=, an ultra-catholic paper.
=56.=--[56.3] =á los diez segundos de atender=, 'after paying attention for ten
seconds.'
[56.8] =No tardó tres minutos en regresar el enviado==_el enviado
regresó dentro de tres minutos_. See _tardar_, in Vocab.
[56.11] =por querer=, 'in his efforts' (lit., 'through seeking').
[56.14] =logró oir brotar=, 'he finally heard... burst forth' (lit., 'he
succeeded in hearing burst forth').
[56.20] =rauda y amorosamente==_raudamente y amorosamente_. Note that
_mente_ is used with only the last adjective, and note also that the
adjectives are feminine to agree with _mente_.
[56.26] =sin que fuese poderoso=, 'without his being able.'
[56.27] =echándoselo unos á otros=, 'tossing him from one to another.'
Note that both _se_ and _unos á otros_ are here reciprocal.
[56.31] =quieras no quieras=, 'whether he were willing or not' (lit.,
'you may be willing [or] you may not be willing').
=57.=--[57.4] =por haber=, 'from having.'
[57.5] =sangre=, 'liquid,' or 'contents' (lit., 'blood').
[57.11] Note the abbreviations: =V.==_usted_, and =D.==_don_.
[57.21] =tener el diablo en el cuerpo=, 'to be possessed' (lit., 'to
have the devil in one's body').
[57.26] =como pudiesen=, 'as best they could.'
=58.=--[58.3] =Quien vuecencia disponga...=, 'whoever your Excellency may
arrange to....'
[58.9] =Sepa vuecencia=, 'may your Excellency know,' or 'your Excellency
should know' (=sepa= is used imperatively).
[58.12] =Váyase V. al...=, 'go to the....'
[58.17] =sin que se atreviese=, 'without daring.'
[58.18] =por no arrostrar=, 'for fear of facing.'
=59.=--[59.2] =sí no=, 'not.' Here =sí= simply makes =no= emphatic.
[8] =dió=, 'he met with.'
[11] =Abierto el testamento==_cuando el testamento fué abierto_.
[12] =por heredero=, 'as his heir.'