[250] Será, trans., Can it be? Note use of the future to denote probability or possibility.
[251] pero mientras más grande, mientras más sublime..., menos digna..., but the greater, the more sublime..., the less worthy....
[252] confiada, trusting or in confidence.
[253] ¡Vaya un gran mérito! Well, that is indeed a great virtue!
[254] cámara, i.e., de diputados, chamber of deputies.
[255] ¡Bendición del cielo! Thank heaven!
[256] ¡Dejar la fría...! The infinitive is used elliptically with exclamatory force: trans., What a joy to leave...!
[257] Manuela Rosas. The daughter of the Dictator Juan Manuel Rosas.
[258] si su amistad con la mía, if her friendship toward me.
[259] de esa austera integridad, i.e., de Alberto.