16-5: buenos humos tenía: was much too proud.
16-6: ni (al lucero, etc.): even. The negative is intruded from the underlying negative psychologic notion: Ramón would not have suffered an affront—not even from, etc. Cf. note ni, p. 99, 3. lucero del alba: the planet Venus, bearing (as morning star) the name Lucifer. For el alba cf. note al ave, p. 25, 3.
16-7: morrión: a kind of tall helmet-cap, worn by the Cristinos.
16-8: boina: a round woolen cap, worn by the Carlists.
16-9: el Principado: the territory of Asturias, in the north of Spain. The term is also applicable to Cataluña in the northeast of Spain.