[4] Using Usted, contraction for Vuestra merced; literally, your grace.
[5] Brigadier-General Rivera's widow, Miguel's step-mother.
[6] El buen Retiro, a public park and drive in Madrid, formerly the pleasure ground of the Spanish kings.
[7] El reservado del Suizo.
[8] Lady-killers, literally, drivers of cattle.
[9] Hasta mañana, literally, till morning.
[10] Dollars: pesos duros or pesos fuertos is the full expression. It contains twenty reales.
[11] Twenty-five dollars.
[12] Equivalent to Mr. Such-an-one.
[13] Sweetmeats made of flour, sugar, and rose-water.