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62-8: =?que hacemos?=: cf. note _me matan_, p. 3, 1.

63-1: =estaba malo=: _I was sick_. Note the different value of _ser
malo_, to be bad, wicked.

63-2: =supe=: _I learned_ (a frequent value of the preterite of
_saber_).

64-1: =fue a parar nada menos que a Suecia=: _drifted into no less
remote a place than Sweden_.

64-2: =Marques de la Romana=: a Spanish patriot and general, whom
Napoleon sent with 15,000 Spaniards to Denmark. When Spain clashed with
Napoleon (1808) he reembarked most of his troops and returned to fight
against him.

64-3: =tome de ordenanza a Risas=: _I took Risas along as my