[41.4] =asiento.= Another play on words, for =asiento= means 'seat' or 'bench'; hence the reference to the hardness of a seat in the galleys; =hacer asiento= is 'make a stop' or 'halt'; the pun is scarcely translatable. [42.1] =que=, =malvendiéndolos= (freely translated) 'when, by selling them (even) at a loss.' Here =que= may be taken as a relative pronoun, direct object of =malvendiendo=; in this case =los= repeats =que=. Or we may assume that =que= is a relative pronoun having no grammatical connection with what follows (_i.e._ the phenomenon known as anacolouthon). This =que= might also be considered a conjunction introducing an additional statement that amounts to an objection ('but,' 'for,' 'when'). In any case the general meaning of the sentence is clear. [42.2] =desabrido.= See page 11, note 4. [42.3] =Somos los hombres= 'We men are'; see page 31, note 4. [42.4] =así.= Used as a conjunction; see vocabulary. [44.1] =Que ella... sea.= 'May it be.' A modified imperative expressing a wish. Cf. page 3, note 2. [44.2] =llamasteis.= As the modern form would be either =llamaste= or =llamó= (according to whether the speaker uses =tú= or =usted=), =llamasteis= is an archaism and properly corresponds to the archaic form of address =vos=. Here living Spanish requires (=usted=) =llamó=, or (=tú=) =llamaste=, if the speaker may appropriately use =tú=. =Vos= is confined to poetic style, and to solemn addresses, for instance, to God, to royalty, or to high dignitaries, etc. Everywhere in _Los intereses creados_ we find =vos= instead of =usted= and, consequently, =vuestro= etc. instead of =su= or =de usted=. With =vos= the verb must of course be in the true second person plural (_e.g._ =llamáis=). See the note on =la antigua farsa=, page 39, note 2. See Bello-Cuervo, §§ 234, 235. [44.3] =fue= is intentionally archaic and is used for emphasis. See page 8, note 1. [44.4] =llamáis.= See note 2 (just above). [44.5] =se.= The reflexive makes =estar= connote stopping or delaying or standing. [45.1] =que.= This =que= is elliptical. A natural English rendering is made possible if we use 'or.' [45.2] =a lo que.= See page 10, note 3. [46.1] =soy con vosotros= 'I'll attend to you presently.' A special locution; for, in general, we should expect =estoy=; but for this meaning =soy= is the correct living form. This phrase has usually a future sense. Here, the exact time expressed by =soy= may be present and may be future. This idiom must not be confused with =estar con= denoting locality. [46.2] =¡Buena la hicisteis!= (Ironically) 'That's a fine thing you've done!' For the feminine, see page 32, note 3.