[251] =pero mientras más grande, mientras más sublime=..., =menos digna=..., _but the greater, the more sublime_..., _the less worthy_.... [252] =confiada=, _trusting_ or _in confidence_. [253] =¡Vaya un gran mérito!= _Well, that is indeed a great virtue!_ [254] =cámara=, _i.e._, =de diputados=, _chamber of deputies_. [255] =¡Bendición del cielo!= _Thank heaven!_ [256] =¡Dejar la fría...!= The infinitive is used elliptically with exclamatory force: trans., _What a joy to leave...!_ [257] =Manuela Rosas=. The daughter of the Dictator Juan Manuel Rosas. [258] =si su amistad con la mía=, _if her friendship toward me_. [259] =de esa austera integridad=, _i.e._, =de Alberto=. [260] =contra él=, _i.e._, =Alberto=. [261] =a lo alto de la sala=, _i.e._, the speaker's platform. [262] =desolados=, _panic-stricken_. [263] =Palermo=, a suburb of Buenos Aires. [264] =como Isaac=. Reference to the sacrifice of Isaac. Cf. Genesis 22:9. [265] =desolada=, _grief-stricken_. [266] =la mostró=. The commoner usage (so also 100, 28, =rasgóla=) is =le=. [267] =Luján=. V. map. [268] =pudiendo... momento=, _since he might be recognized and denounced at any moment_. [269] =Amigo también=, _Being also a friend_. [270] =contestó... ofrecimiento=, _replied expressing his thanks for the offer_. [271] =De vuelta en su casa=, _When he had returned home_. [272] =póngase en salvo=, _take refuge_. [273] =Colonia=, city in Uruguay. V. map. [274] =Mendoza=. San Martín made ready his army in this province prior to the invasion of Chile. V. map. [275] =¿Se trabaja ahora?= _Are they working now?_ [276] =cuerpo de guardia=, _headquarters of the guard_. [277] =de servicio=, _on duty_. [278] =ratificándose en que=, _reiterating that_. [279] =es que no=. The =no= is redundant; omit it in translating. [280] =¡Que... semejante!= _Never let such an occurrence happen again in your life!_ [281] =Río Bamba=, city in Ecuador. V. map. [282] =Lavalle= (Juan, 1794-1841), one of the heroes of the war of independence. [283] =bajo los fuegos de la infantería=, _under the protection of the_ (_Spanish_) _infantry fire_. [284] =habiendo pasado=. The subject is =Lavalle=. [285] =Sucre=. V. 239, 14. [286] =dejamos dicho=, _we have said_. [287] =por ser=. Note the difference in the use of =por= here and in line 23 where it means _in order to_; translate here, _because the hour was_. [288] =saltándosele las lágrimas=, _with tears in his eyes_. [289] =¡Cómo se pierde un escuadrón tan valiente!= _To think that such a brave squadron is being destroyed!_ [290] =permítamelo=. The pronoun =lo= refers to =ir con mis guías=. [291] =Poníanse recién=. Argentinism for =acababan de ponerse=. [292] =sin que... laureles=, lit., _without its falling to the lot of more than fifty to gather the laurels_. [293] =anfiteatro de la Edad Media=. That is, the condition and civilization of Ecuador were then medieval; trans., _medieval amphitheater_. [294] =algunos=, _i.e._, =ombús=.