3.[{66-3}] Rey Mago negro; according to an old tradition, one of the Three Wise Men, who followed the star to the birthplace of the infant Jesus, was a negro. This is well illustrated in the painting, The Worshiping Wise Men, by the Spanish painter, Fray Juan Bautista Maino.
4.[{66-4}] Por traer, for the sake of bringing things.
5.[{66-5}] Conocedora Celinina (an absolute construction), as Celinina was a judge.
[Page 67.]—1.[{67-1}] Santa Cruz; see Vocab.
2.[{67-2}] lotería, probably the government lottery from the profits of which the government receives a considerable sum. There is usually a large prize, sometimes of a million pesetas, at Christmas.
[Page 68.]—1.[{68-1}] que aun ... esperanza, which still continued to exist in her hope.
[Page 69.]—1.[{69-1}] la que = la niña que.
[Page 70.]—1.[{70-1}] que era dado imaginar, that could be imagined.
2.[{70-2}] tocó el pecho con la barba, began to nod.
[Page 71.]—1.[{71-1}] debía ... gloria, must have savored of heavenly bliss.