43-2: presumo de liberal: I pride myself on being a liberal (and hence inclined to anti clericalism as well as republicanism).
43-3: ¡cuidado que: take note that.
43-4: Delfinado: Dauphiné, a province in the southeast of France, bordering on Italy.
43-5: que lo que sea no lo sé: for I don't exactly know what it is.
44-1: y maldita la falta que me hacía: and little need had I. Maldito is often used colloquially as a negative word.