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14-7: =Palacio=: _the royal palace_.

14-8: =Espartero=: (1792-1879) Spanish general and statesman, at one
time regent.

14-9: =ivaya!=: used like _vamos_ above, p. 14, 5.

14-10: =especialidad=: (in familiar parlance) a notability.

14-11: =no he vuelto=: cf. note _se volvio a reir_, p. 2, 3.

15-1: =otro Rossini=: cf. note _a otro_, p. 10, 1. Rossini:
(1792-1868) Italian composer who once enjoyed an immense vogue. His
music, light, brilliant, but lacking in sincerity and deeper artistic
qualities, is now much neglected.

15-2: =lo que es esta tarde=: _as far as this afternoon is