=Armando Palacio Valdés=: see note, page 34.
=67.=--[67.5] =[murió] hacía un año=, 'had been dead a year.'
[67.20] =antes de morir=: note again that a Spanish infinitive after a
preposition is usually best translated by the English present
participle.--=había conseguido que le diesen=, 'had gotten them to
give.'
[67.24] =por modesta que fuese=: see _por... que_, under _por_, in
Vocab.
[67.25] =pasados los... días==_los... días habiendo pasado_.--=quince
días=: see under _día_, in Vocab.
=68.=--[68.6] =sin salir...=: see _sin más que_, under _más_, in Vocab.
[68.10] =que contaba se tocase=, 'which, he expected, would be played.'
[68.11] =por la caridad=: since he was unable to pay for the mass, or
for prayers for the dead.
[68.19] =cesante=: this is one of the many sarcastic flings at Spanish
politics in which Palacio Valdés indulges.
[68.27] =llevase á empeñar=: see under _empeñar_, in Vocab.
=69.=--[69.2] =ya no tuvo...==_ya no tuvo nada que empeñar_: see _ya no_ and
_tener que_, in Vocab.
[69.3] =tuvieron=, 'kept.'
[69.6] =podían= has here the force of _hubieran podido_.--=que les
quedaba á deber=, 'which he still owed them.'
[69.14] =De... en=, 'from... to.'
[69.16] =el calzado..., los pantalones=: translate both =el= and =los=
by 'with his.'
[69.20] =Comía lo preciso...=: see under _preciso_, in Vocab.
=70.=--[70.6] =del mejor modo que pudo=, 'as best he could.'
[70.9] =El corazón le latía=: note that =el=+=le=='his.'
[70.17] =iba venciendo=, 'he was overcoming (little by little).' Note
that _ir_ with a present participle denotes progressive action.
[70.22] =Por lo cual=: see under _cual_, in Vocab.
=71.=--[71.3] =vuelta á reunirse==_volvió_ (or _tornó_) _á reunirse_.
[71.28] =Al llegar la noche==_cuando llegó la noche_.
=72.=--[72.1] =pausada y copiosamente=: see note, page 56, l. 20.
[72.7] =el caer=, 'the falling' or 'fall.' Note that the infinitive is
here a noun, and is modified by an adjective.
[72.16] =en=: do not translate. See note, page 24, l. 3.
[72.21] =sería=, 'was probably' (cond. of probability).--=lo de
siempre=: see under _siempre_, in Vocab. The reference here is to the
usual command to "move on."
[72.26] =Apenas puedo=, 'I can scarcely [do so].'
=73.=--[73.1] =vamos á ver==_veamos_. Sometimes _á ver_ alone is used with the
force of _vamos á ver_.--=si hallamos=, after =vamos á ver=, may be best
translated by 'if we can find.'
[73.7] =á ver si llegamos=: see =vamos á ver= and =hallamos= above.
[73.9] =se lo pagará á V.=, 'will repay you' (lit., 'will pay you for
it').
[73.11] =Nada de morirse==_no diga V. nada de morirse_.
=75.=--[75.2] =hacía cuatro meses que estaba=: the imperf. ind. is used because
the act or state still continued at the time. See under _hacer_, in
Vocab.
[75.29] =hasta sentarle=, 'to a seat' (lit., 'as far as to seat him').
=76.=--[76.4] =no pudo menos de=: see under _poder_, in Vocab.
[76.9] =cuando se le da cuerda==_cuando alguno le da cuerda_: see
_cuerda_, in Vocab.
[76.15] =me hago como que=: see _hacerse como que_, under _hacer_, in
Vocab.
=77.=--[77.1] =creía escuchar la...==_creía que escuchaba la voz..._; but the
infin. (=escuchar=) is better, as both verbs have the same subject.
[77.3] =Y todavía quiso añadir más cuidados á los de Santiago=, 'and she
sought to show him even greater attention than James had done.'
[77.4] =mandó traer=: see under _mandar_, in Vocab.
[77.8] =dejándose acariciar de=, 'letting themselves be caressed by.'
[77.16] =Á que=: see under _que_, in Vocab.
[77.24] =se me cierran los ojos=, 'my eyes close.'--=sin poderlo
remediar==_sin poder yo remediarlo_.
[77.29] =echándole... al=, 'throwing... about his.'
=78.=--[78.6] =dijo un guardia de los que==_dijo uno de los guardias que_.