=Narciso Campillo=, b. 1838 in Seville, d. 1900. Campillo is chiefly
known as a poet; his verse is delightful. He is also the author of a few
volumes of short stories, which have a light and graceful humor that is
peculiarly Andalusian. Works: in verse, _Á Murillo_, _Á los españoles en
1859_, _La playa de Sanlúcar_, _Á Rosa_, _El ángel caído_, _El
pescador_, _Nuevas poesías_; in prose, _Una docena de cuentos_, _Cuentos
nuevos_.
=96.=--[96.12] =poco después de obscurecido=, 'a little after dark.'
=97.=--[97.5] =Es que=, 'the fact is that.'
[97.8] =para en ella padecer hambre==_para padecer hambre en ella_.--=No
ha oído V. hablar=, 'have you not heard (tell).'
[97.10] =sucederá=, fut. of probability.
[97.12] =esto lo saben==_saben esto_.
[97.17] =por mí=, 'for my part,' 'as far as I am concerned.'
[97.19] =en metiéndome=: _en_, with a pres. part., is best translated by
'after.'
[97.21] =pues=, 'since' (in line 17 above, =pues=='well').
[97.25] =tenía destinada= is not quite equivalent to _había destinado_,
as =tenía= retains the meaning of 'holding' or 'keeping.' See also
=tenía preparado= below.
=98.=--[98.5] =que pase V.=, 'may you pass,' or 'may you have.'--=felices
noches= ('pleasant night') is by analogy to =buenas noches=, 'good
night'; =buenos días=, 'good day' or 'good morning'; and =buenas
tardes=, 'good afternoon' or 'good evening.'
[98.8] =Á los pocos minutos=, 'in a few minutes.'
[98.13] =La de que se trataba debía de gustarle=, 'the one (joke) that
they were planning must have pleased him.'
[98.18] =Razón tenía el señor Frutos al ponderar==_el señor Frutos tenía
razón_ =al ponderar= ('when he emphasized').
[98.24] =¿qué había de ver?= 'what should he see?; =había de ver= is
nearly equivalent to _vería_. See page 99, l. 15, =por qué había de
enfermar==(nearly) _por qué enfermaría_.
=99.=--[99.13] =¿Qué manda su merced?= 'what are your orders, sir?' Compare =su
merced= (lit., 'your grace') with the weaker _usted_, which is an
abbreviated form of _vuestra merced_.
[99.28] =El tuno del criado=: translate =del= by 'of a.'
=100.=--[100.2] =por estar cerrados...=, 'on account of... being closed.'
=Corredor= and =habitaciones= are the subjects of =estar=.
[100.7] =era menester=, etc.,=_para escalarlo era menester subirse_.
[100.9] =más bien=, etc.,=_quedó amodorrado más bien que dormido_. See
_más bien_, under _bien_, in Vocab.
[100.12] =Será=; =habrá=; =estará=: fut. of probability or conjecture.
[100.23] =llevo=, 'I have passed.'
[100.24] =Si=: note again this exclamatory _si_, 'why' or 'indeed.'
[100.26] =Dióle agua el criado==_el criado le dió agua_.
[100.28] =aguardando á que amanezca=, 'waiting for dawn' (lit., 'waiting
that it should dawn').--=todavía debe de tardar un poquillo=, 'there
must still be some time [before dawn].'
=101.=--[101.8] =faltan dos horas=, etc.,=_dos horas y media faltan todavía_
=para amanecer= ('before dawn').--=si es que alguna vez amanece=, 'if it
ever does dawn.'
[101.12] =será=, fut. of probability.
[101.14] =se oye el=, etc.,=_el [reloj] de la iglesia se oye_.
[101.15] =que está al paso=, 'which I happened to pass' (lit., 'which is
on the way').
[101.16] =faltará=, fut. of probability. Note how common this future is
in colloquial language, when the speaker is not, or wishes not to
appear, positive.
[101.23] =¿Quería V. que la pasaran...?= 'did you expect them to pass
it...?'
=102.=--[102.1] =que me llames= and =que me avises= are somewhat more emphatic
than _llámame_ and _avísame_.
[102.3] =Descuide su merced==_descuide usted_.
[102.10] =por=, 'on.'
[102.12] =por=, 'to.'
[102.13] =que de tal=, etc.,=_que alcanzaría de tal tráfico_.
[102.22] =de puro aburrido y hambriento=, 'purely from being bored and
hungry.'
=103.=--[103.2] =en=, 'by.'
[103.3] =¡Que yo me divierto!= 'amuse myself!' The =que= introduces a
repetition of what the first speaker said, as if it were: _¡dices que yo
me divierto!_
[103.10] =no tiene cuerda para un trimestre=, 'it can not be wound up to
run three months.' See also _cuerda_, in Vocab.
[103.15] =Abre tú=, '_you_ open [it].' Note the subject pronoun used
with the imperative, for emphasis.--=lo que haya=, 'what there is.'
[103.16] =¿Qué ha de haber?= 'what can there be?' Note that =ha de
haber= is nearly equivalent to _habrá_ used as fut. of probability or
conjecture. See origin of Spanish fut. and cond. in the Hills-Ford
_Spanish Grammar_, § 71, note 1.
[103.18] =puertas de madera=: note that there is an inner door of
wood,--probably a folding door,--and an outer window of glass. Both
usually come to the floor and turn on hinges, so that when they are open
one may step out onto the balcony. In rooms that do not open onto a
balcony the windows do not come to the floor.
[103.27] =que=: this and the following =que= are usually considered
expletive, and are therefore not translated; but they may be rendered
freely as follows: =¡que es de noche!= 'if it isn't night!'; =¡que si
esto sigue!= 'why, if this continues!'
=104.=--[104.5] =y cerrada=, etc.,=_y la despensa está cerrada_.--=en el
armario=, etc.,=_la llave suele quedar puesta_ ('is usually left') _en
el armario del comedor_.
[104.30] =Mientras llegaba= [_la luz del día_].
[104.31] =si es que=, 'if indeed' (lit., 'if it is that').
=105.=--[105.2] =como de=: see under _como_, in Vocab.
[105.29] =Así=: see _así_+past subj., in Vocab.
=106.=--[106.7] =sea como fuese=, 'whatever it was' (lit., 'let it be as it
might be').
[106.15] =aurora=: note the Spanish words for 'dawn': _alba_, 'dawn';
_albor_, 'light of dawn'; _alborada_, 'dawn' or 'light of dawn' (these
words come from the Latin adjective _albus_, 'white'); _aurora_, 'rosy
light of dawn'; _madrugada_, 'dawn' or 'early morning'; _el amanecer_,
'the dawn' or 'the dawning.'
[106.31] =habría=, cond. of probability or conjecture.
=107.=--[107.13] =¡Pues vaya!=: see under _ir_, in Vocab.
[107.19] =lo que es á=: see under _que_, in Vocab.
[107.23] =Quiere decir=, 'that is to say.'
[107.27] =he mandado traer...=, 'I have had... brought [here]' (lit., 'I
have ordered to bring').
[107.29] =á no ser que=: see under _ser_, in Vocab.
=108.=--[108.1] =ocho=, =quince=: see Vocab.
[108.6] =Queso= ('cheese') and =Tieso= ('firm,' 'valiant') are meant for
=Creso=: see Vocab. _Frutos_ is a shrewd, practical farmer, but
unlettered.
[108.7] =que dicen que=: do not translate the second =que=.
[108.10] =ó fuera de=, 'or out of.'
[108.15] =con tal de que=: see under _tal_, in Vocab.
[108.17] =ó una=, 'or a whole one.'
[108.19] =tendrá usted aunque=, 'you shall have [what you want] even
if.'
[108.20] =rellena=, 'stuffed.' Note the intensive particles _re_ and
_rete_: _rebueno_, 'very good,' _retebueno_, 'very, very
good.'--=¡Bonito soy yo para que nadie pase!= 'I should be a fine fellow
to let any one suffer.'
[108.24] =en ver devorar á su amigo y huésped=: =amigo= and =huésped=
are subjects of =devorar=, as well as objects of ver.
[108.25] =de á media libra=: see under _libra_, in Vocab. Cf. _un
billete de á cien pesetas_, 'a hundred-_peseta_ bank-note.'
=109.=--[109.6] =escribir=, 'writing.'
[109.11] =caminantes= is the subject of =saludarse=: the =se= of
=saludarse= is reciprocal ('one another').--=aún cuando=, see under
_cuando_, in Vocab.
[109.13] =capital=: see _Córdoba_, in Vocab.