Spanish Tales for Beginners

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[[67-25]] pasados los... días=los... días habiendo pasado.—quince días: see under día, in Vocab.

68.—[[68-6]] sin salir...: see sin más que, under más, in Vocab.

[[68-10]] que contaba se tocase, 'which, he expected, would be played.'

[[68-11]] por la caridad: since he was unable to pay for the mass, or for prayers for the dead.

[[68-19]] cesante: this is one of the many sarcastic flings at Spanish politics in which Palacio Valdés indulges.

[[68-27]] llevase á empeñar: see under empeñar, in Vocab.

69.—[[69-2]] ya no tuvo...=ya no tuvo nada que empeñar: see ya no and tener que, in Vocab.

[[69-3]] tuvieron, 'kept.'

[[69-6]] podían has here the force of hubieran podido.—que les quedaba á deber, 'which he still owed them.'

[[69-14]] De... en, 'from... to.'