=Page 1.=--1.{1-1} For the life and works of Palacio Valdés, see pages
xv-xvi of the _Introduction_. The text of _El crimen de la calle de la
Perseguida_ and of _Los puritanos_ is taken from the _Obras Completas de
D. Armando Palacio Valdés, Tomo X, Aguas Fuertes, Madrid, 1907_.
2.{1-2} --=Aquí=; note that in Spanish dialogue each speech is set off
by a dash (--).
3.{1-3} =del 78= = _del año 1878_.
=Page 2.=--1.{2-1} =casa ... de un solo piso=, _two-story house_.... The
floors would be: (1) _piso bajo_, ground floor or first floor, and
_primer piso_, second floor. In the newly-built, large houses of Madrid
the floors are (1) _piso bajo_, (2) _entresuelo_ (in French,
_entresol_), (3) _piso principal_, (4) _primer piso_, etc.
2.{2-2} =se trata á lo pobre=, _she lives like a poor woman_ (lit., _she
treats herself in the manner of the poor_).
3.{2-3} =¿Tratarían=, _could it be that they were trying_: if not
interrogative, =tratarían= would here mean _they were probably trying_.
This is the conditional of probability or conjecture: cf. H. F. _Gr._,
(Hills-Ford _Spanish Grammar_), § 84.
=Page 3.=--1.{3-1} =Irá= (fut. of probability: cf. H. F. _Gr._, § 84),
_he is probably going_.
2.{3-2} =de=; a Spanish preposition before a dependent clause is usually
not to be translated into English.
3.{3-3} =mato=, pres. ind. with the force of a future.
=Page 4.=--1.{4-1} =¡Arrancarle ... ¡Sacarle=, _etc._; note the use of
the dative of possession. The antecedent here is indefinite; transl.,
_his ear_, _his eye_, etc.
2.{4-2} =anhelante=, a predicate adjective used instead of an adverb.
3.{4-3} =que pude matarlo=, _that I might have killed him_, a peculiar
use of the preterite.
=Page 5.=--1.{5-1} =como ... decirse= (lit., _as they are wont to say
there_), _as they are usually called there_.
2.{5-2} =pensarlas=; -=las= refers to =cosas=. When an object, other
than a personal pronoun or relative pronoun, precedes its verb, a
corresponding personal pronoun-object is often used with the verb.
3.{5-3} =De ... calle=, _with a bound I reached the street_.
=Page 6.=--1.{6-1} =el menor=, _the least possible_.
2.{6-2} =me iba serenando=, _I was becoming calm_. Note the common use
of _ir_ as an auxiliary verb with the present participle to form a
progressive tense.
3.{6-3} =Acudió ... reflexión=, _I began to reflect_ (lit., _reflection
came to me_).
4.{6-4} =Pensaría=; cf. page 2, note 3.
=Page 7.=--1.{7-1} =no ... hacer=, _nothing was left undone_.
2.{7-2} =larguísimo rato=; note the omission of the article in many
adverbial phrases.
3.{7-3} =Que=; this expletive _que_ is usually omitted in translation,
but here it may be rendered approximately by _why_.
=Page 8.=--1.{8-1} =á que ... saliese=, _until... went out_.
2.{8-2} =Me fijé ... más=, _I looked a little more closely_.
=Page 9.=--1.{9-1}cf. page 1, note 1.
=Page 10.=--1.{10-1} =tomaba y soltaba=, _he began and left off_.
2.{10-2} =deshaciéndolos y pulverizándolos=, _murdering them_.
3.{10-3} =Il sogno beato di pace e contento=; the Italian words, put
into Spanish, would be: _El sueño beato de paz y contento_.
4.{10-4} =La dolce memoria di un tenero amore= is, in Spanish: _La dulce
memoria de un tierno amor_.
=Page 11.=--1.{11-1} Vincenzo Bellini (1802-35), a famous Italian
operatic composer, the most popular of his time. _I Puritani_ (in
Spanish, _Los Puritanos_) was his last, and his most popular work.
2.{11-2} =vengan ...=, _out with ..._ (lit., _let come ..._).