[460] estudiante de Brienne, i.e., Napoleon, who studied at the military school of that name.
[461] Mameluco oscuro, i.e., Mehemet-Ali, who, though not a Mameluke himself, fought with the Mamelukes against Napoleon in 1798, and later became Viceroy of Egypt. Cf. 70, 3.
[462] Medusa, one of three sisters in Greek mythology, whose hair was turned into a tangle of serpents because she incurred the wrath of Minerva. Any one who looked at her was turned to stone.
[463] no había cómo hacerlo callar, there was no way of making him keep quiet.
[464] famoso expediente. When two women came before Solomon, each claiming a newly born child as hers, he ordered that the child be cut into two parts so that each claimant might have a half. The true mother was found to be the one who, for the love of her son, abandoned her claim rather than cause his death.
[465] amanezca mañana, appears at dawn tomorrow.
[466] ¡tú eres...! you are the culprit!
[467] que está... The antecedent is él, referring to Facundo.
[468] que nada desmiente, that nothing can belie.
[469] Júpiter Tonante. Jupiter was represented as the Thunderer in Greek mythology.