[46] Pluguiera, from placer, optative subjunctive.

[47] no las tengo yo todas conmigo, I am disturbed; literally, "I haven't them all with me," i.e. my wits, self-confidence.

[48] Quiera, optative subjunctive.

[49] haga, subjunctive after a relative with indefinite antecedent.

[50] de la hoguera en derredor, i.e. en derredor de la hoguera.

[51] al siniestro resplandor, i.e. de la llama trémula.

[52] niño, young.

[53] Haro, a city of 7976 inhabitants and centre of the celebrated vineyards of Rioja, situated on the Ebro 220 kilometres above Saragossa.

[54] Vizcaya, one of the "Basque" provinces in the north of Spain. Its capitol, Bilbao, now a city of 74,093 inhabitants, was founded in 1300 by Diego Lopez de Haro, the person mentioned in this passage.

[55] Alcázar, a Moorish word.