19. ¡Poniendo en limpio! cleaning up, are you? Paula takes the expression literally.
[74.]—3. para lo poco que tú servías, how little you are good for.
4. me caso, the present, instead of the conditional perfect me habría casado, imparts emphasis and certainty to the statement.
6. consiento = habría consentido; see previous note.
13. ¡Adiós! ¡El diluvio! It's no use! Now there will be a storm about my ears!
16. Somos nobles por los cuatro costados, we are of noble birth on both our father's and our mother's side.
21. nos han envuelto en ricos pañales, literally, "we were wrapped in rich swaddling-clothes," trans., we were born in opulence.
[75.]—4. ¡Por vida de mi debilidad de carácter! the deuce take this weak character of mine!
10. pero de habérselo advertido = si se lo hubiese advertido.
15. mételo en algo; haz que sea algo, get him started in something; make something out of him.