=193= 26 =alla se le va=:  ‘are about the same as she,’ ’are taking the same line.’

=193= 33 =esto se lo lleva la trampa=:  grammatically, =la trampa= is the subject of the clause; =lo=, which repeats =esto=, is the object; =se= is the reflexive of interest, often used with =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.’