[14] Academia de Estado Mayor.
[15] De tre manera lo sé ési ... percurador, porcurador, precurador.
[16] Almost corresponding to our vulgar "son of a gun."
[17] Pasacalle; song with guitar accompaniment sung on the street.
[18] Bonita, graciosa, elegante, encantadora.
[19] Tertulia.
[20] All Madrid apartments have a small opening, called ventanilla, in the entrance door.
[21] A word similar in meaning to our "sympathetic," but not quite synonymous; more akin to "congenial."
[22] Lucía Poblacion, la generala of "Riverita," was the lady to whom Miguel, when a young man, had been quite too attentive.
[23] Guindillas, red peppers.