14-8: Espartero: (1792-1879) Spanish general and statesman, at one time regent.
14-9: ¡vaya!: used like vamos above, p. 14, 5.
14-10: especialidad: (in familiar parlance) a notability.
14-11: no he vuelto: cf. note se volvió a reír, p. 2, 3.
15-1: otro Rossini: cf. note a otro, p. 10, 1. Rossini: (1792-1868) Italian composer who once enjoyed an immense vogue. His music, light, brilliant, but lacking in sincerity and deeper artistic qualities, is now much neglected.