3.{37-3} =me=, an ethical dative; do not translate.
4.{37-4} =alguno de ustedes=; note the changing from =vosotros= to
=ustedes=, which is more formal and expresses greater respect.
5.{37-5} =será=; cf. page 3, note 1.
=Page 38.=--1.{38-1} =¡Pues... dinero!= _well, if he doesn't actually
want his money too_.
=Page 39.=--1.{39-1} =¡Á la paz de Dios!= _God be with you!_
2.{39-2} =habría=; cf. page 2, note 3.
3.{39-3} =que... vista= (lit., _that took away my sight_), _that blinded
me_.
=Page 40.=--1.{40-1} =Si conforme... señas=, _if, instead of me, who
found him and learned what was going on, it had been the mountain
soldiers, he would have given them a description of you_.
=Page 41.=--1.{41-1} =y parte... San Felipe= = _y en parte de la calle
de San Felipe_.
2.{41-2} =del cual... soldado=, _that was not in keeping with the dress
of a private soldier_.
3.{41-3} =El llamado Manuel=, _the man called Manuel_.
=Page 42.=--1.{42-1}--=¡Van once=, _that makes eleven_.
=Page 43.=--1.{43-1} =tiro= is the subject of =haber sonado=.
2.{43-2} =¡Qué Conde... muerto!= _the Conde del Montijo! have you lost
your senses! What is the literal meaning?_
3.{43-3} =se hizo conducir=, _had himself taken_.
=Page 45.=--1.{45-1} For the life and works of Pardo Bazán, see pages
xiv-xv of the _Introduction_. The text of _El voto_ is taken from the
_Obras completas de Emilia Pardo Bazán, Tomo X, Cuentos nuevos, Madrid_.
2.{45-2} =traía ... niño=; cf. page 12, note 2.
=Page 46.=--1.{46-1} =del que=, _of one who_.
2.{46-2} =sirenas ... escollo=; the sea-nymphs of classical mythology,
who, with their sweet song, allured the passing mariners to their death.
Hence: la melodía de las sirenas, _the voice of temptation_.
3.{46-3} =á los veintidós años=, _after twenty-two years_.
4.{46-4} =con las de= = _con las zurriagas de_.
=Page 47.=--1.{47-1} =tirano de Samos=; see _Polícrates_, in the Vocab.
2.{47-2} =que ... salú= (=_salud_), _may it give you health, or may it
do you good_: an expression used after eating or drinking. Cf. the
German, _wohl bekomm's_.
=Page 48.=--1.{48-1} =que las había=, _for there were some_.
=Page 49.=--1.{49-1} =entrase=; note here the imperf. subj. instead of
the pret. ind., with _como_; =como la moza entrase= = _entrando la
moza_.
2.{49-2} =Ella ... será= = _ella no será dragón_: =será= is fut. of
probability.
=Page 50.=--1.{50-1} =Con ... sal= = _Con ... sal estará pagada_.
2.{50-2} =que salió ganando=, _who came out a winner_.
=Page 51.=--1.{51-1} For the life and works of Blasco Ibáñez, see page
xvi of the _Introduction_. _La barca abandonada_ is the germ of one of
the author's earlier novels, _Flor de mayo_. The text is taken from a
volume of short stories entitled _La condenada, por Vicente Blasco
Ibáñez, Valencia y Madrid, 1895_.
2.{51-2} =ocurriera= has here the force of a preterite; cf. H. F. _Gr._,
§ 99, 2.
=Page 52.=--1.{52-1} =caballos=; only old and worn-out horses are
selected for the bull-fights.
2.{52-2} =Socarrao= (= "_Socarrado_", "Scorched"), "_Terror_".
=Page 53.=--1.{53-1} =lleva hechos=; one may also say _tiene hechos_, or
simply _ha hecho_; but these expressions differ somewhat in meaning.
2.{53-2} =se le ... pillo= = _se le ocurrió á un pillo ... decir_.
=Page 54.=--1.{54-1} =que=, _so that_.
=Page 55.=--1.{55-1} =Mejor hubiéramos visto=, _we should have preferred
to see_.
2.{55-2} =noche= is subject of =habría cerrado=, and =cañonero=
(understood) of =alcanzara=.
3.{55-3} =cualquiera=, _no one at all_. This may possibly be a negative
use of _cualquiera_, before the verb, similar to that of _jamás_, _en mi
vida_, etc.; or it may be merely ironical.
=Page 56.=--1.{56-1} =¡para ... tiempo!= _this was not the time for
compliance!_