[1] de Tertuliano. The author plays with words in order to contrast former tertulianos (‘theatre goers’) with the tertuliano (‘one of a number of friends belonging to the same set’).
[2] ex profeso, on purpose.
[3] cuando ... se presentaba la ocasión, when the opportunity presented.
[4] por los suelos, trample under foot.
[5] siglos atrás, centuries past.
[6] Todavía felices, Happy still. VARIANT: Felices, con todo (after all has been said) los días.
[7] la gallina ciega, blindman’s buff.
[8] como es de suponerse, as must be supposed.
[9] tal cual matrimonio, this or the other marriage.
[10] de las más de nuestras, of the greater part of our social reunions (gatherings).