[270] contestó... ofrecimiento, replied expressing his thanks for the offer.
[271] De vuelta en su casa, When he had returned home.
[272] póngase en salvo, take refuge.
[273] Colonia, city in Uruguay. V. map.
[274] Mendoza. San Martín made ready his army in this province prior to the invasion of Chile. V. map.
[275] ¿Se trabaja ahora? Are they working now?
[276] cuerpo de guardia, headquarters of the guard.
[277] de servicio, on duty.
[278] ratificándose en que, reiterating that.
[279] es que no. The no is redundant; omit it in translating.