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16-4: =Estoy por decir=: _I am on the point of saying_.

16-5: =buenos humos tenia=: _was much too proud_.

16-6: ni (al lucero, etc.): _even_. The negative is intruded from the
underlying negative psychologic notion: Ramon would not have suffered an
affront--not even from, etc. Cf. note _ni_, p. 99, 3. =lucero del
alba=: the planet _Venus_, bearing (as morning star) the name
_Lucifer_. For _el alba_ cf. note _al ave_, p. 25, 3.

16-7: =morrion=: a kind of tall helmet-cap, worn by the _Cristinos_.

16-8: =boina=: a round woolen cap, worn by the Carlists.

16-9: =el Principado=: the territory of _Asturias_, in the north of
Spain. The term is also applicable to _Cataluna_ in the northeast of
Spain.