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82-4: =en letra=: (sc. _de cambio) in (the form of) a draft_.

82-5: =lo del tesoro=: the matter of the treasure.

82-6: =a fe que=: cf. note _a fe que_, p. 12, 6.

82-7: =de a cuatro=: this use of _de a_ occurs in expressing the
price or value per piece of merchandise, coins, etc.

82-8: =guardarselas=: _to put them away_. For _se (+ el bolsillo_)
see note _se la_, p. 4, 6.

82-9: =mientras tanto que=: _while. Tiempo_, or rather, the notion of
time, may be understood after _tanto_, which is in reality a neuter. Cf.
_en tanto que_, p. 74, line 11, and _en esto_.

82-10: =Tudela y Gonzalez=: in his or her full family name, the