dale=, etc., where the much used =que= is only an emphatic =y=, _and_; cf.
=éranse que se eran=, 5, 1.
[184] =permitiese=: =-se= and =-ra= forms are still used in wishes [like
exclamations]; cf. =Así nos diera Dios grandes políticos=, _Oh, that God
would give us great politicians!_ _Diario_ II, 272. =¡Diérame Dios el
numen de Tasso!= _Oh, that God would give me Tasso's inspiration!_
_Diario_ I, 320. =¡O Absalom! ¡Quién diera que hubiera yo muerto en= =lugar
de ti!= _Oh, that I had died for thee!_ Bible. In Job 3: 1-9 are many
examples in Valera's text: these are changed to present subjunctive in
the Mexican edition of 1910. =-se= forms not so often: =¡Fuese ya mañana y
estuviésemos en la batalla!= _Amadís_, in Bello-Cuervo, § 701. =¡Quien me
diese que me creyeseis!= _Oh that you would believe me!_ _Ibid._ Cf. also
the familiar =¡Acabaras!= to a child, _Hush up!_
[185] =Angustias=: he omits =señorita= this time.
[186] =la primera vez de su vida=, _the first time in his life_; so in
Alarcón often: _first tears_, _first smile_, _last time in his life_,
and others.
[187] =carne de perro=: a compliment about like _strong as a horse_. The
doctor falls into the captain's style.
[188] =matasanos=, _killer of well men_: humorous here, but a common
type: cf. =curaperros=, =quitasol=, =parasol=, =sacamuelas= (_dentist_),
=perdona-vidas= (_bully_), =picaporte=. All like our _pick-pocket_,
_turnkey_, _cureall_, _forget-me-not_.
[189] =Cuando salga=, _When I get out_: there is hardly a word that occurs
oftener with the present subjunctive than =cuando=.
[190] =todo un hombre=, _a whole man_: cf. =toda una obra maestra=, _a real
masterpiece_; =todo un capitán=, _a real captain_.
[191] =¡Cuidado si tiene hígados para remendar cuerpos rotos!= _It's a
caution what a nerve you have for mending broken bodies_: =cuidado= has
become a disguised oath (for emphasis) with its =k= sound; cf. =¡Cuidado si
está el chico que da gloria verlo!= _I'll declare the little fellow is a
fine sight._ _Niño de la Bola_, p. 174. Cf. also =¡Cuidado que aquel
dichoso año hizo calor!= _That blessed year was plenty hot enough!_ _Viva
el Papa_, p. 43. It is a year that I have been grumbling about an
overcoat, =y cuidado que me hace falta=, _and gracious how awfully I need
it_. _Núñez._ =¡Cuidado que a mí me encantan Horacio y Virgilio y los
Gracos y...!= _I do like H. and V..., though._ Valera, _Cartas
Americanas_, p. 92.
[192] =había oído citar=, _had heard some one mention_.
[193] =al _cabecilla_=, _the leader_ (=cabeza=): grammar gender and sex go
together when speaking of persons: so =el cura=, =el corneta=, =unos
canallas=, _some scamps_.
[194] =Era de notar=, _It was noticeable_: cf. =es de ver=, _it is worth
seeing_.
[195] =el pícaro de D. Jorge=, _that rogue Don Jorge_: so English, _that
dog of a landlord_; but Spanish uses a substantivized adjective so, e.g.
=la necia de mi tía=, _my silly aunt_. Common.
[196] =que ha=: after a relative the verb could be the first person =he=, as
in older English (e.g. _who art in heaven_).
[197] =por hacer=, _because it was_.
[198] =Si fuera=, _If you were_ (_but you are not_) _..._, =habíamos=,
_we should have to..._. Note here and in the following two speeches the
condition (=si=-clause) and the conclusion (with the imperfect
indicative or the conditional). Angustias: =Si yo fuese hombre, me
reiría... seríamos.= El Capitán: =siendo usted hombre, yo no llegaría...
le propondría....= So =si fuese= = =si fuera= = =si era= = =siendo= = =a
ser= = =de ser= = =si es=, all forms the condition might take.
[199] =mocosilla=, _snotnose_: Jorge is not trying to be elegant; not an
uncommon word. Spanish uses =a moco tendido=, =tragar saliva=, and many such
phrases that we avoid. Moratín (père) uses the word =moco= freely. Victor
Hugo calls the starry skies _God's spittle_.
[200] =puesta en sus puntos=, _very correct and proper_, as though cut to
a pattern.
[201] =hago=: this is as near as Spanish comes to our _do_ as an
auxiliary. =Agradecer= and =sonreír= are infinitives in apposition with the
phrase =lo que yo hago=, _what I do: say thank you and smile_. Cf. =¿Qué
hizo?--Lo mismo que su merced: reírse a todo trapo.= _What did he
do?--The same as you: laugh with all his might._ Alarcón, _La
Buenaventura_, p. 4.
[202] =cocodrilo=, _crocodile_: the eager student can find abundant
examples in Spanish (and English, too) where =r= has changed its position
in the word: =bergante= (_brigand_), =propósito= (_purpose_), =corbata=
(_cravat_).
[203] =respuesta no la=: the pronoun is regularly given after a noun
(object) standing before the verb; but cf. the rhetorical =¡Rubor me
causa hablar...=, _It makes me blush to speak..._, 97, 25.
[204] =mismísimos diablos=: just a new kind of emphasis, not parlor
language even in Spanish, where oaths are so common as to be largely
colorless.
[205] =Conozco=, _I see_, _perceive_: an inchoative here.
[206] =en mitad= for =en medio=, and so, like =medio=, it has no article. We
meet =mitad sordo=, =mitad artista=, _half deaf_, _half artist_.
[207] =Casino de mi alma=, _my darling Casino_: a parallel English (Irish)
expression is _Peg o' my heart_.
[208] =de= on account of =días=: noun needs =de= before its descriptive
infinitive; cf. =noches de no dormir=.
[209] =embozo=, _covers_ (_at the head_): cf. verb =embozarse=, _to wrap up
neck and face_.
[210] =sobre otra= (=silla=), _on another_ (_chair_): not one leg over the
other.
[211] =sillón-cama=: the adjective element last, as in =vagón-cama=,
_bed-wagon_, _sleeping-car_.
[212] =enfermos como los sanos=, _the sick the same as the well_: the
meaning and order for us is: _the well the same as the sick_.
[213] =confianza y benevolencia que ya le merecía=, _the confidence and
goodwill which she_ (=la señora=) _had already won from him_: verbs that
formerly governed various cases have been leveled down to the
construction of =dar=, and take a dative and an accusative (or direct
and indirect object); so =pagar=, =comprar=, =agradecer=, =oír= (=oírle
las razones=, _hear his reasons_), =llamar= (=llamarle la atención=).
[214] =la=, _it_: the usual feminine for our indefinite _it_: _let it go_;
_now you've done it_.
[215] =santa=: euphemism again; _the whole blessed night_.
[216] =impenitente=: the 10th edition has =impertinente=.
[217] =no... ya=, _no longer_.
[218] =doblemos= = =volvamos=, _let us turn_.
[219] =arrepentida=, _repentant_: =-ido= forms often have _-ing_ sense:
=dormido=, _sleeping_; =colgado=, _hanging_; =sufrido=, _patient_; =callado=,
_silent_. The changed meaning is often only apparent, as in =agradecido=,
_grateful_; =complacido=, _pleasant_. Sometimes the sense is little
different between the past and present participles, e.g. _hung on the
wall_ or _hanging on the wall_.
[220] =que le he oído cantar=, _I have heard you sing_; =hacerme decir=,
_make me say_; =se dejó fusilar=, _let himself get shot_; notice that in
the first, =le= is the object of =oído=; in the second, =-me= is the object of
=hacer=; but in the last, =se= is the object of =fusilar=.
[221] =caramba=: this is the commonest oath = _heavens_; it expresses
surprise or anger in various degrees, and often is virtually colorless.
[222] =Peripecia=, _Sudden Change in the Situation_; =mudanza repentina de
situación=, _Diccionario de la Academia_.
[223] =y que=, _and that_: this =que= is used here after =y= because the
following dependent clause, instead of continuing the infinitive
construction =sonar= (dependent on =oyó=), is going to introduce a new
personal subject.
[224] =_a estas horas_=: plural in keeping with =a las dos=, etc. Common.
[225] =oyose al mismo=: =se= here is equivalent to "one" as subject: _one
heard_, etc.
[226] =sentirse=: from _feel_ the meaning passes to _hear_.
[227] =Conoció=, _Saw_, _perceived_.
[228] =del cuello=: =al cuello= in several editions.
[229] =Me he puesto mala=: Spanish has no independent word for _become_,
but uses =ponerse=, =hacerse=, =volverse=, =ser=, and others.
[230] =Ya se me va pasando=, _I am getting over it now_.
[231] =Llegado que hubo=, _When_ (_the doctor_) _had come_: =hubo= as
auxiliary instead of =había=, always in this phrase; the sense of exact
time is felt more when time is marked by an adverb; and so =hubo=, aside
from this use with =que= after the past participle, is seldom found
without an adverb =apenas=, =luego que=, =no bien=, or =cuando=.
[232] =angelical=: the double ending =-ic-al=, so common in English, is
little used in Spanish.
[233] =despierte=: subject follows.
[234] =¡Dios querrá dejarme vivir hasta que amanezca...!= the future used
like an imperative: _God grant that I may live till morning._
[235] =la chica=, _the little one_ = Angustias. Like =esta chiquilla=, 86,
14.
[236] =¡Estaría escrito!= _It surely was written_: referring to biblical
_it is written_, =está escrito=. =Estaría de Dios=, same sense. In _La
Pródiga_: =sic fata voluerunt=, _so the fates decreed_, p. 208; and =era
fatalidad de mi estrella=, _it was in my stars_, p. 227. Cf. =Vendrán el
día que esté escrito=, _They will come in due time_.
[237] =hasta la consumación de los siglos=, _till the end of time_.
[238] =de pedirme=, [_the pleasure_] _of having you ask me_: the whole
sentence is poor rhetoric and syntax (the infinitives are confused); but
the meaning is _What can I do for you then? For it is plain you would
not be passing through so much distress to do me the honor of asking me,
or having me ask my cousin, for the miserable filth called lucre--for
you know how much we both esteem both of you._
[239] =tengo... a quien encomendársela=: cf. =tengo algo que hacer, tengo
que ir=, and English _hath not where to lay his head_; =tener con quien
pelear=.
[240] =sea=, =haya=, =sea=, =muera=: four differently construed subjunctives.
[241] =sea=, =haya=, =sea=, =muera=: four differently construed subjunctives.
[242] =sea=, =haya=, =sea=, =muera=: four differently construed subjunctives.
[243] =sea=, =haya=, =sea=, =muera=: four differently construed subjunctives.
[244] =para que me amen= = =para ser amado=: a good example of substitute
for the passive. Cf. _Escándalo_, p. 176: =no quiero matarte ni que tú me
mates a mí=, _I don't want to kill you nor to be killed by you_: and in
_La Pródiga_, p. 75: =No; yo no he nacido para odiar ni ser odiado=, _I
was not born to hate or to be hated_.
[245] =desde que soy=, _since I have been_: good example of Spanish
present tense for our present perfect.
[246] =estos primeros besos=: but they are not the first. See back one
page. Alarcón often uses a phrase like "for the first time in his life".
[247] =a quien=: direct object of three verbs and indirect object of
=deber=. No wonder that even the grammarians cannot always agree on the
cases.
[248] =ha muerto=: thus commonly when the body is still present; =murió=
would not be natural.
[249] =¡En buena...!= _In a pretty fix!_ feminine form, adverbial =
=buenamente=.
[250] =de rodillas=, _on the knees_: Spanish =de= occurs in adverbial
expressions of time, place, and manner. English uses the corresponding
_of_ in expressions of time (_of a morning_, _of a summer afternoon_,
_all of a sudden_); and we do hear such use as _fell of a heap_; but _of
old_, _of a truth_, _of a child_ (Mark 10:21), _of necessity_, etc., are
growing quaint.
[251] =¡Llora= [=tú=] =...!= _Weep...!_ English loses here the force of the
_thou_ form. In Jorge's last speech, he called her =Angustias= without the
usual =señorita=, but used =entre= (=usted=). Afterwards he will go on again
with formal =usted=.
[252] =acariciándole el pelo=, _caressing her hair_: the dative of
interest, =le= instead of the possessive adjective.
[253] =no pudo menos de significarle aprecio, y gratitud, poniéndole una
mano sobre el corazón=, _she could do no less than show him some
appreciation and gratitude by placing her hand on his heart_. In one
edition we read =poniéndose una mano=, etc. But this is a manifest error,
since despite the frequency of the phrase =ponerse la mano sobre el
corazón=, as a phrase of cogitation or of asseveration, those passages
lack the essential element of this passage, which is the showing of
appreciation and gratitude by a gentle caress: _placing her hand on his
heart_.
[254] =De Potencia a Potencia=, _Might against Might_, or _The Final
Struggle_. Cf. =moviéronse ambos campos decididos a perecer o triunfar, y
diose la batalla de poder a poder=. _Nuevo Diccionario_, Casa Bouret,
México, 1887, p. 969. Salvá translates the expression into Latin _summis
utrimque viribus_.
[255] =desiguales muletas=, _a crutch and a cane_.
[256] =resoplido=, _a snort_: in keeping: Alarcón speaks of =resoplido que
da su caballo= (_Diario_ I, 79) and =de la locomotora=, and =de un toro
cuando fenece=, _of a dying bull_ (_ibid._, p. 10).
[257] =Pícaras=: Alarcón in the _Diario_ says: =¡pícaro Alah!= _roguish
Allah!_
[258] =años mil=, _a thousand years_: this order is poetical, and usually
occurs with some pleasant word (=virtudes mil=, =gracias mil=, =vergüenzas
mil=).
[259] =estoy levantado=: =estoy= with an =-ado= form, felt as a present: _I am
up_, _have been up_; as often with verbs of motion: =está llegado=, _has
arrived_.
[260] =¡Reventada...!= a coarse word _burst_ for _die_, like French
_crever_. We sometimes find this usage imitated in English, where an
author knows French.
[261] =la de Dios es Cristo=: allusion to the fierce old religious
disputes as to the character of the Trinity.
[262] =¿Se puede entrar?= _May one enter?_ _May I come in?_ This use of
=se= is more and more felt as a nominative or subject: =se ha dicho=,
_it has been said_, felt as _one has said_. Intransitive verbs started
the fashion (or carried it on from the Latin type _secutus est_): =está
amándose= being =se está amando=; and thus sound and use of
intransitives with =se= became familiar through the very frequent verbs
(intransitive) =estar= and =ir=, and spread till =se=, like =que=, has
many shades of function.
[263] =con cinco mil= [=diablos=] =de a caballo=, _with 5000_ [_devils_] _on
horseback_: Jorge is using up oaths. Later he orders Rosa =con cinco mil
demonios=. Alarcón uses =con mil santos=,: and in _La Pródiga_, p. 243,
when the horse comes back without Julia: =¡Jesús, Jesús, mil veces!= It is
striking how frequently numbers are used in oaths. In Villaseñor's
_Guillermo_ we have =200,000 demonios=. Frequently the oath has the
addition "mounted on horseback". The numbers occur also in magic and
charms and in church literature. Laval quotes:
Ave María,
santa y sagrada,
quince mil veces
seáis alabada.
It is little different from English "No, a thousand times no".
[264] =Sentémonos= for =-mos-nos=, as always nowadays.
[265] =Batalla Campal=, _Pitched Battle_: this chapter is the longest in
the book, and a good short story of itself.
[266] =empeñado usted en=, (_because_) _you insisted on_ (_sitting up to
watch with her_): verbs compounded show a tendency to echo the prefix
(unless the verb is used for some commoner verb of a different
construction, e.g. =consentir en= or =convenir en= under the influence of
=venir en=, =quedar en=): =dejar de hablar=, _to cease from speaking_; =contar
con=, _count on_; =insistir en=; =acostumbrarse a=; =cumplir con=, _comply
with_--=cumplir= formerly was used much more without =con= as equivalent to
=hacer=; now it tends to become a special verb with =con= (=cumplir con sus
deberes=, _comply with one's obligations_). Before =que= of the dependent
clause the preposition is very exacting. Cf. for use of prepositions,
English _depart from_, _agree to_, _dismiss from_, _admit to_, _enter
in_, etc.
[267] =¡Hombre!= _Why man alive!_ As we say _Yes, sir_, for emphasis, so
Spanish uses =señor= and =hombre=, at times, to a woman, a child, even to a
dog.
[268] =me ha= = =ella me ha=: =he= in four other editions is an error.
[269] =cumplido bien=, _fulfilled well_: =cumplir= omits =con= usually when it
means =hacer=. Cf. note 113, 8.
[270] =lo=, _that matter_ [of the gravestone].
[271] =¿Cómo que no?= = =¿Cómo puede usted decir que no?= _How can you say
she did not?_
[272] =¡Estas chiquillas...!= _You little girls_: as though third person
like =ustedes=.
[273] =echándola=: =echar= in one of its many uses: _acting as though_
[_very furious_].
[274] =el que= = =el hecho que=, _the fact that_: this =el= makes the whole
clause into a substantive (subject or object), and seems like a neuter
in its use.
[275] =Q. S. G. H.= = =Que santa gloria haya=, _May she rest in peace_; =haya=
here keeps its old independent force: _may she have_.
[276] =Superioridad=: begins with small =s= in 10th edition.
[277] =Dicho esto=, _This said_: the usual order for the absolute
construction.
[278] =satisfacerlos=: this verb preserves the old form of =hacer=.
[279] =apresuramiento=, _haste_: long words in Spanish are often very
transparent: here the stem is =pres=; =-amiento= (=-imiento= with =-er=
and =-ir= verbs) is so uniformly added to verb stems that its force
should be clear: 'act or manner or time of'. There are about 1000 such
words in =-miento=: note =consentimiento= and =ofrecimiento=, in the
same letter.
[280] =¡Habrá judío!= _Can there be any Jew_ (_so base_)! Alarcón was
always ready to cast a slur at the Jew. So in his story of _El
Afrancesado_: =¡Por judío!= _For_ [_his being_] _a Jew!_ For the tense,
cf. the future in: =Una vieja lo cuidaba, sin reparar que era un
enemigo...= (=¡Muchos años de gloria llevará ya la viejecita por aquella
buena acción=!)... (_She must have been a good many years in glory for
that good action._) Giese ed., p. 58. Cf. =¿Usted irá...?= _You are going
where?_ as a more polite form than =¿A dónde va usted?= _Ibid._, p. 61.
[281] =¡A ver!= = =vamos a ver=, _Let's see._ Often 'Let me see, show me.'
[282] =como yo=: =yo= as usual, not =mí=. Reminds one of Shakespeare, "not
gone to tell my lord that I kiss aught but he", _Cymbeline_ II, 3.
[283] =zorro viejo=, _old fox_: good naturedly, and not as Jesus called
Herod an old fox.
[284] =tirando al florete=, _flourishing_ [_his cane_] _like a sword_; cf.
=a la oriental=, _oriental fashion_; [=hablaba=] =a lo general antiguo=; =como
Napoleón en las pirámides=, _like an old-time general_; _like Napoleon at
the_ [_battle of the_] _pyramids_. _Diario_ II, 210.
[285] =hace quince días que sostiene usted=, _for fifteen days you have
been supporting_. Present as usual after =hacer... que=, to correspond to
our progressive perfect.
[286] =culebrinas=, _cannon_: not especially good to swear with, except
that it begins with a =k= sound like =Cristo=. Cf. =canastos=, =caminos=,
=canales=, etc.
[287] =¡Se acabó la conferencia!= _The interview is over_: =se acabó= is
often heard (e.g. at the end of a play): _It is all over_, _it's all
gone_, etc. This is an idiomatic use of the preterite.
[288] =¡Que valen cuatro cuartos!= _And they are worth_ _about two cents!_
This is his gruff way. The house is really well furnished.
[289] =¡Valgan lo que valieren!= =valga= in the 10th edition, and some
others. Both forms should be plural. Alarcón's penmanship was not the
best, and he had no typewriter, and the printer doesn't always help.
[290] =no faltaba más, estando yo en el mundo= = =no faltaría más=.
[291] =supo=: translate _heard_ or _learned_, as often in letters.
[292] =maravedises= = =maravedíes= = =maravedís=: three plurals of =maravedí=.
[293] =aunque tenga más orgullo que D. Rodrigo en la horca.= Other
variants of this proverbial saying are: =tener más vanidad q. D. R. en la
horca=; =tener más fantasía q. D. R. e. l. h.=; =tener más gravedad q. D. R.
e. l. h.=; and =andar más honrado q. D. R. e. l. h.= All these phrases are
supposed to refer to the bearing maintained by the notorious Marqués de
Siete Iglesias, D. Rodrigo Calderón, who was the favorite of Philip III,
and who was executed October 21, 1621, after conviction in a trial
during which two hundred and thirty accusations for misdeeds were lodged
against him. Despite the appropriateness of the phrases as descriptive
of his bearing at the execution, the fact remains that the phrase =Tiene
más fantasía que D. Rodrigo en la horca= occurs in a book published in
Zaragoza in 1560, cf. Luis Montoto y Rautenstrauch, _Personajes,
personas y personillas_, Sevilla, 1912, vol. III, pp. 25-26. Cf. also
_Enciclopedia Universal_, etc. (Espasa), vol. 10, p. 653.
[294] =¡Caminos, canales y puertos!= He repeats her word as people do in
quarrels, and adds any word, with sense or without, that comes to his
mind. Cf. English "Oh, your way in the world, nonsense!" or "Your way
nothing!" or "Your way your granny!" The word =demonio= in l. 11 has a
similar element: "or any old thing".
[295] =o un demonio=: see preceding note.
[296] =¡Dale que dale!= _Keep it up! Keep it up!_ or _Go for him!_ or our
colloquial _Hit him again_ (_he has no friends_), referring of course to
the subject under discussion, and not to a person. Cf. McPherson's
Spanish translation of _Hamlet_: Polonius: Still harping on my daughter:
=¡Dale con mi hija!=--Here the captain gives us another sample of
asseverations. He uses many throughout the story.
[297] =nadie creería que estaba= (or =fuese=): =creer=, =ver=, =saber=,
=decir= may keep the indicative after a negative. Usage varies.
[298] =prefiero=: again the captain repeats her word. Cf. note 128, 4.
[299] =ésta es la vida=, _such is life_, not _this is the life_; similarly
some soldiers translate =C'est la guerre=, _It is the war_, instead of _It
is war_.
[300] =nada santo=, _not at all saintly_; not _nothing holy_.
[301] =a sabiendas=, _fully aware_: feminine form like =de veras=, =a solas=,
=a una=, =las de Caín=.
[302] =su blanca mano=, _your white hand_: color adjectives follow their
nouns, but any adjective used in a (real or pretended) complimentary way
may precede.
[303] =inquebrantable=, _unalterable_ [purpose]; but there is no such
thing for him. It is a contest between the wind and the sun.
[304] =ni=: in questions and exclamations and after negatives, or even
implied negatives, as in this case, =ni= = _or_ as well as _nor_. Cf.
_Lazarillo de Tormes_, _Tractado V_: =El mayor echador dellas que jamás
yo vi, ni ver espero, ni pienso nadie vio=, _Greatest booster_ (_seller_,
_distributor_) _of them that I ever saw or hope to see, or anybody ever
saw, I think_.
[305] =lo que me digo=: not _what I say to myself_, but _what I am
saying_. The =me= is ethical like Shakespeare's _He plucked me ope his
doublet_.
[306] =hermanos=: translate, _brother and sister_. Cf. note, 50, 5.
[307] =me bañaré en agua de rosas=, _I shall be bathing in rosewater_,
i.e. 'and I shall not care a snap of my fingers about it', which of
course he does not mean.
[308] =¡Por algo...!= _For some cause_, _with good reason_.
[309] =Ni=, _Or_ again, as usual in questions.
[310] =rorro=: nurse's word for _baby_, from =ro ro= repeated like English
_la la_ to soothe the little ones, "=para arrullar a los niños=",
_Diccionario de la Academia_.
[311] =Jesucristo=: another oath. Note the shortened form =Jesu=.
[312] =dando calabazas=: each nation has a humorous term for refusing an
offer of marriage. Ours is "to give the mitten". Spanish here says _give
gourds_.
[313] =a fin de marcharme=: careless rhetoric for =a fin de que me marche=.
[314] =que se jugaba el todo por el todo=, _that it was win all or lose
all_, _that all was at stake_: a phrase often used by Alarcón.
[315] =ninguna falta nos haces=, _we don't need you at all_. Cf. =¿Qué
falta te hace el dinero?= _How much do you need money?_
[316] =se prendó= = _had been struck_: preterit with sense of pluperfect,
as often.
[317] =¿Acepta usted?...= (144, 1) =Pues ¿no he de aceptar?= =haber de= with
an infinitive occurs often thus after a present or future tense of the
same verb; cf. =Si se le podrá ver... ¿Por qué no se le ha de poder ver?=
(_I ask_) _whether I can see him... Why shouldn't you see him?_