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6-2: =llevarian=: _would live_. Cf. _lleva diez anos de casado_, he
has been married ten years.

6-3: =de servicio=: _on service, on duty_.

6-4: =hijos=: _children_.

6-5: =voy de vuelta=: _I am returning_.

6-6: =como he de perder=: _how am I to suffer the loss_? Cf. note
_habia de conocer_, p. 3, 4.

6-7: =no seas=: _don't be_. Observe that the imperative is never used
negatively, being then replaced by the subjunctive.

7-1: =Alicante=: a port on the eastern coast of Spain.