zumbido, m., hum, buzz.
NOTES:
[1] The name el Mágico prodigioso, is purposely given to Máximo by the author, in order to show that in Spain science is still considered, by many, as a sort of sorcery; hence, that Spain is not abreast with modern thought.
[2] The complete expression would be: ¡Dichosos los ojos que le ven a V.!
[3] Hendaya, French Hendaye, lies on the right bank of the Bidassoa. It is the last French station before crossing the river into Spain.
[4] Ursulinas: an order of nuns founded by St. Angela Merici, at Brescia, in Italy, about the year 1537, and so called from St. Ursula, under whose protection it was placed. The members are devoted entirely to education.
[5] Bayona: Bayonne, a city in southwestern France, near the Spanish frontier. The population is largely Spanish and Basque.
[6] Electra: the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.
[7]: Agamenón: Agamemnon, in Greek legendary history, the most powerful ruler in Greece. He led the Greek expedition against Troy, and on his return was slain, according to Aeschylus, by his wife Clytemnestra.
[8] San José de la Penitencia: the fictitious name of a convent; suggested, perhaps, by the Franciscan nunnery of San Juan de la Penitencia at Toledo, built with the partial incorporation of the semi-Moorish palace of the Pantojas.