llevar=.

=194= 22 =en buen hora=: cf. n. on p. 35, l. 26.

=195= 5 =le dan=: cf. n. on p. 38, l. 6.

=195= 11 =sonsonete lloron=: 'sarcastic whine.'

=195= 25 =si=: cf. n. on p. 40, l. 34.

=196= 8 =tenebrario=: properly a candlestick which is used during matins
of the last three days of Holy Week. These matins are called in Spanish
=tinieblas=. The light of the =tenebrario= is dimmed by placing it
within a kind of shrine. The idea here, of course, is that obscurity is
part of the family inheritance.

=197= 18 =acabo de estrujarle=: 'gave him the last squeeze.'

=198= 3 =suspirando a moco y baba=: 'sighing and snuffling.'

=198= 15 =en un quitame alla esas pajas=: 'in a wink of your eye'
(colloq.). The phrase means literally 'get those straws [trifles] out of
my way,' and implies the feeling that a thing can be done quickly and
easily.

=198= 27 =los juegos de manos son juegos de villanos=: the Spanish
Academy defines this proverb in about the sense given to it by Gase's
French-English Dictionary, "playing with the hands is bad manners, rough
play is low"; but the priest here, quite legitimately, makes it mean
"physical force is a blackguard's way."

=200= 12 =qui tenga visos=: 'that has the look.'

=200= 27 =Como lo huelan los de tropa=: 'supposing the military get a
smell of it.' For conjugation of =oler= see grammars.

=201= 4 =Guarde usted=: 'look out for.'

=201= 16 =el salitre=, etc.: i.e. powder.

=202= 6 =Si=: cf. n. on p. 40, l. 34.

=202= 17 =ha perdido la chaveta=: 'have lost your wits.' =Chaveta=, or
more commonly =chabeta=, is properly a wedge or key used by blacksmiths
or carpenters to unite and tie several pieces of metal or wood.

=202= 31 =medio=: adverbial, i.e. to be followed by a hyphen in
English. Contrast =media=, adjectival, in the line above.

=203= 2 =Para solfas=, etc.: 'drubbings by treachery are not what
Cristobal Ramos is good for.'

=203= 31 =si es empeno de usted=: 'if it is your particular wish.'

=204= 4 =jofaina=: 'finger-bowl' here.

=205= 6 =no tienen espera=: 'endure no stay.'

=205= 21 =me tiene=: 'she has for me.'

=208= 13 =quijotadas=: 'extravagances,' 'quixotic undertakings.' The
word is formed from the name of Cervantes' hero.

=209= 13 =Mi coalicion=, etc.: 'my half-serious, half-jocular
coalition.'

=210= 3 =Sentire mucho que=: 'I shall be very sorry in case.'

=210= 11 =y concluira=: 'and end it shall,' or simply 'and it shall.'

=211= 28 =I