334-335. =¡Si está aquí, en el patio!= _Why, here she is, in the
court!_ Observe the use of _si_, which has no connection with the
word meaning 'yes'; this is the conjunction 'if,' and the
main clause of the condition is not expressed. In the present
case, it might be ¿_por qué buscarla_?
343. =En el segundo patio=; in Spain, large houses in the country
are likely to have two _patios_, the first of which serves as the
center of life for the owner's family, while the second, in the rear,
and surrounded by the kitchen and servants' quarters, is the
living room for the menials. In this case, the mansion has been
converted into an apartment house, but the same distinction is
preserved.
357. =¡Por cierto que pasé un susto...!= _I was surely startled!_
The _que_ after _cierto_ or _por cierto_ is often not to be translated.
358. =me da por verlo todo=; see Vocabulary under _dar_. When
_todo_ is the object of a verb, it is usually, but not always, accompanied
by the object pronoun _lo_.