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phrase in which it stands (e.g. =las de Pepe=, 'Joe's tricks,' 'Joe's
ways,' cf. K. 267, _a_; C. 201); here for tunes, instruments, tricks, or
the like.

=7= 19 =ver=: depends on =puede= above.--=de=: 'about.'

=7= 21 =no sea=: 'may not be'; subjunctive in independent clauses with
adverbs of doubt (C. 213, 1); so with =tal vez=, p. 68, l. 8.

=8= 16 =desde mas alto=: 'from a higher position.'

=8= 20 =que se pone al sol=: 'sunning himself.'

=8= 24 =picara=: 'will bite' (primarily said of mustard etc.).

=9= 9 =seran=: R. 1195; K. 703, _c_; C. 266.

=9= 26 =unas=: R. 641; K. 344, _b_; C. 179, 3.

=9= 29 =Guardia civil=: 'the Civil Guard,' a select body of Spanish
police, armed and disciplined like soldiers, whose particular business
is guarding highways and railroads. In pairs =(parejas)= these guards
patrol the roads and accompany all trains. Kept as isolated from the
community as possible and at a high point of efficiency, they are much
feared by the rabble. The cruelty of their treatment of prisoners
described a little further on accords with numerous actual occurrences
in Spain; and, as will be remembered by those who have paid attention to
the history of the foreign relations of the United States during the
early part of Wilson's administration, it is exactly the process by
which President Madero of Mexico met his death while under arrest on
Feb. 23, 1913.

=10= 2 =a aquel sitio=: dir. obj. R. 1318: K. 750, _c_.

=10= 5 =muertos=: R. 1143; K. 567.

=10= 27 =debia de ser=: R. 1005, 2, rem.; C., Appendix II, 7.

=10= 28 =coplas=: 'popular songs,' particularly the brief songs of a
single quatrain peculiar to Spain.

=11= 5 =retebien=: double intensive of =bien=. The ordinary intensive
prefix for adjectives and adverbs is =re-=(R. 596; K. 159); but in
popular speech this is often doubled, =rere-=, or takes the form =rete-=
(C. 146, 3, _a_).

=11= 8 =a lo mejor=: familiar phrase for the occurrence of an untoward
event at an unexpected moment (lit. when things are going as well as
possible). Cf. =el mejor dia=, p. 163, l. 13.

=11= 10 =Se les lleva=: 'you're taking them.'

=11= 12 =que=: cf. n. on p. 49, l. 17.

=11= 13 =sumaria=: 'indictment.'--=requeridos=: 'examined,' or possibly,
but less probably, 'summoned.'

=11= 17 =a mas de largo=: 'besides being long.'

=11= 33 =Partenon=: the Parthenon, or temple of Athena Parthenos,
erected in Athens in the time of Pericles (5th cent. B.C.), had nume