[182] Scarecrow.
[183] Band.
[184] To gain friends is to put money out to interest, and sow on irrigated soil.
[185] With closed eyes—i. e. without hesitation.
[186] I interrupted the Señor Blas here, asking him if Valencia was not an open city? “Yes, Señor Critico,” he replied, “but have not houses walls?”
[187] Holyly into the house.
[188] Conceived without sin—the invariable acknowledgment of the Ave Maria which a devout Spaniard pronounces on crossing the threshold of a house, be it even to commit murder.
[189] Raw garlic and pure wine make one travel safely.
[190] To an old dog you need not say tus tus.
[191] A nickname for Frenchmen.