39-6. O´beritalien ( Upper Italy ), i.e. Northern Italy.
39-7. ein´geschlagen! (idiom.) perf. partic. for imperative = schlagen Sie ein!
Page 40. —40-1. der alte Gemsbart, humorously for der alte Führer mit dem Gemsbart (cf. Page 5, Note 1) am Hut.
40-2. zu— to, towards, in the direction of —in this sense always following its case—or may be taken as prefix of comp. verb zuziehen.
40-3. indem sie ... segneten (by pres. partic.), praising.
40-4. seinen refers to Tauernwirt.
40-5. Kaiser Franz Joseph in Gold, the picture of Francis Joseph I, the present emperor of Austria, on a gold-piece.
40-6. möchte für ihr Leben gern (phrase; lit., "would like for her life"), is exceedingly anxious.
40-7. es (indef.) klopft, there is a knocking, or somebody knocks at the door.
40-8. bei = in dem Hause.