at is perhaps worse, of helplessness akin to idiocy"
(Knapp).

=145= 30 =Allan Cardec=: the French author Hippolyte-Leon-Denizard
Rivail (1803-1869), better known by his pseudonym Allan Kardec, whose
works on spiritualism made a great sensation in the middle of the
century, and contributed much to the diffusion of the belief both in
Europe and in America.

=147= 20 =corregidor=: a magistrate appointed by the government of Spain
to govern a district or municipality. He has much greater power than an
=alcalde=, or mayor, and is responsible to the central administration
alone. In general, he is appointed only in time of local disturbances of
some kind.

=147= 28 =Si que lo es=: 'that's just what it is.'

=148= 22 =se le trababan=, etc.: 'the words stuck in his mouth.'

=149= 8 =la brigada Batalla=: 'Batalla's brigade,' lit. 'the Batalla
brigade.'

=149= 17 =cobro un semestre=: 'collected a six months' payment'
(possibly of a tax levied in the name of the revolution).--=pidio
raciones=: 'demanded rations.'

=149= 21 =registro civil=: i.e. the record of births, marriages, deaths,
etc.

=150= 3 =_Romancero_=: the name given to the body, or collection, of
Spanish ballads (=romances=). Among these ballads, the oldest and most
truly popular celebrate the achievements of national heroes--the Cid,
Fernan Gonzalez, Bernardo del Carpio, etc. The best published collection
of the Spanish ballads is the _Romancero General_ of Agustin Duran
(Vols. X and XVI of Rivadeneyra's _Biblioteca de Autores Espanoles_).

=150= 15 =recibiera=: cf. n. on p. 41, l. 13.

=150= 22 =partiendo un pinon=: 'hobnobbing'; cf. n. on p. 144, l. 10.
The =pinon=, the seed found in the cone of the stone pine, is a very
small but pleasant nut.

=150= 31 =Brumario=: 'Brumaire,' an autumn month of the French
revolutionary calendar. The occasion on which Napoleon with his soldiers
overthrew constitutional government and made himself master of France is
always designated as "the 18th Brumaire."--=el saco de Roma=: in 1527
the Constable of Bourbon led the armies of Charles V against Rome.
Bourbon was killed in the beginning of the assault, but his leaderless
soldiers took the city and plundered it for six months, at the end of
which only a third of the population was left.

=150= 32 =la ruina de Jerusalen=: the siege of Jerusalem by the Romans
under Titus (A.D. 70) is perhaps the most famous in all history for
horrors.

=151= 5 =cabe duda=: R. 1155; K