=Fernán Caballero= (her real name was Cecilia Böhl de Faber), b. 1796 in
Switzerland, d. 1877. She went to Spain (to Andalusia) at an early age,
and became one of the most Spanish of Spanish women. In her writings she
used the pseudonym of Fernán Caballero. The novels and tales of Fernán
Caballero have always been popular in Spain. They abound in charming
descriptions of the home life of the common people and of nature; but
they contain many digressions that are personal or didactic, they
usually end with a crime, and often they have an air of evident
unreality. Works: _La gaviota_, _La familia de Alvareda_, _Elia_,
_Deudas pagadas_, _Relaciones_, _Cuadros de costumbres_, _Un servilón y
un liberalito_, et al.
=110.=--[ 110.6. =puertos=] at the mouth of the river.
[110.8. =que no=, 'than.' This expletive _no_ after a comparative can
not be expressed in English.
=111.=--[111.13] =vereda= is subject of =parte=.
[111.15] =capital=: see _Sevilla_, in Vocab.
[111.25] =de no ir==_á fin de no ir_.
=112.=--[112.1] =trayendo... la imaginación=, 'bringing... one's imagination
back.'
[112.5] =se vuelva=: from _volverse_, 'to turn into'; =te=, 'for you'
(ethical dative).
[112.13] =ahora es la nuestra=, 'it's our turn now,' or 'this hour is
ours.'
[112.16] =mes de las flores=: cf. the English saying: "April showers
bring May flowers."
[112.28] =Simón Verde= is a humble workman, who is noted for kindliness
and generosity.
=113.=--[113.4] =por hacerlo necesario el declive==_porque el declive lo hacía
necesario_.
[113.5] =pretil= is the subject of =sosteníalo=.
[113.10] =de por sí=: see under reflexive _sí_, in Vocab.
=114.=--[114.20] =entre sí=, 'one from another.'
[114.22] =machacando=, _etc._, refers to the clatter the stork makes
with his beak.
[114.28] =la rana al rano=, 'the mamma frog to the papa
frog.'--=Picuaque=, =Ranoque= and =reniquicuaque= are meaningless words
that imitate the croaking of frogs.
=115.=--[115.3] =que= is expletive: do not translate.
[115.5] =Uds.=: note here the hesitancy between _ustedes_ and the forms
that correspond to =vosotros=. In Cuban and Mexican Spanish, both
largely Andalusian dialects, _vosotros_ is rare.
[115.10] =pongo=: see _poner á que_, under _poner_, in Vocab.
[115.13] =y si no=, 'and if you don't believe it.'
[115.15] =Á que=: see under the conjunction _que_, in Vocab.
[115.16] =carrillo=: it rattles boisterously as it goes down without a
load, and creaks and shrieks when it rises loaded.
[115.17] =¿lo que es?= 'what this is?'
[115.28] =el vino=: see _predicador_, in Vocab.
=116.=--[116.22] =de que abriese... la zorra=, 'when the fox opened...'
[116.23] =¡[come] á otro; que= ('for') =no [me comerás] á mí!=
=117.=--[117.2] =Berbería= ('Barbary') is often used in southern Spain to denote
the land of the Moors, who are the traditional enemies of the Spaniards.
[117.14] =que le des= is nearly equivalent to _da_. (imperative).
[117.15] =eso no=: the English word order would be _no eso_.
[117.18] =ora por obis=, a child's mispronunciation of _ora pro nobis_,
'pray for us.'
=118.=--[118.11] =Pueda... la luna=, 'may the moon..."--=perdonárselo=, 'pardon
them for doing so' (lit., 'pardon it to them').
[118.13] =Nosotros no nos sentimos con=, 'we do not feel that we have.'
[118.19] =Vese==_se ve_.--=que es de==_que es una de_.
[118.27] =de Melgarejo=, Melgarejo's.
=119.=--[119.3] =por los años de mil trescientos y tantos=, 'about the year
thirteen hundred' (lit., 'about the years thirteen hundred odd').
[119.12] =esclavo=: at this time the Spanish peninsula was divided
between Moors and Spaniards, and each nation made slaves of those that
were captured from the other nation.
[119.22] =que=, 'when,' as often after an expression of time.
[119.26] =la cristiana=: _hueste_ is understood.
[119.29] =por lo que=: see under _que_, in Vocab.
[119.31] =por el que=, 'over which.'
=120.=--[120.3] =se extraña=: translate =se= by the indefinite pronoun 'one.'
[120.7] =se mueven=, etc.,=_los trabajadores mueven, como hormigas en un
esqueleto_.
=121.=--[121.15] =Viernes Santo=: see under _Viernes_, in Vocab.
[121.28] =mas que no sea=: see under _mas_, in Vocab.
=122.=--[122.7] =rosario=: see Vocab.
[122.20] =El interior lo formaba==_formaba el interior_: the subject of
=formaba= is =pieza=.
=123.=--[123.6] =como lo era=: do not translate =lo=, which stands for
=doméstica y tranquila=.
[123.8] =les=, 'in them.'
[123.23] =por traerle==_porque le traían_ ('kept').
=124.=--[124.7] =¡Qué será de ti!=: see under _ser_, in Vocab.
[124.17] =Más Honor que Honores=='honor is better than honors.'