2.[{81-2}] que dijo ser, who was, he said.
[Page 82.]—1.[{82-1}] opuesta ... ella, lit., opposed to that they should occupy themselves with her. How should this be expressed in correct English?
2.[{82-2}] como ... corazón = como su vanidad no le pedía el agradar á los hombres, ni su corazón le pedía agradar á aquél (= el guarda).
[Page 83.]—1.[{83-1}] ¿Á que = apuesto á que, I wager that.
2.[{83-2}] no sabo = no sé. The natural tendency of children everywhere is to make all verbs regular.
3.[{83-3}] carrillo. It creaks and shrieks when it rises laden, and rattles and prattles when it descends.
4.[{83-4}] reñir has here the force of an imperative.
5.[{83-5}] á cantar = vamos á cantar; á ver = vamos á ver.
6.[{83-6}] no se ... rogar, did not have to be coaxed.
7.[{83-7}] dice; canción (song) is understood as subject.