[61.2] =¡Si así fuera siempre!= 'If it were only always thus!'--a wish that cannot be realized. [62.1] =referidos= 'if told,' 'if they were told.' See page 3, note 6. [64.1] =se entró.= For the reflexive see page 46, note 4. [65.1] =anduvimos.= See page 59, note 2. [66.1] =Ya se me tarda en verle.= This idiom has a very archaic flavor. See vocabulary, under =tardar=. [66.2] =vendríais.= An unusual construction; the subjunctive is the normal form after =temer=. It would appear that in this instance the verb has lost its emotional character, and has become almost equal to a verb of believing. The Dictionary of the Spanish Academy admits =sospechar= ('suspect') as a secondary meaning of =temer=. [66.3] =cómo vengo de sofocada= 'how out of breath I come.' The use of =cómo= causes the insertion of =de=. [66.4] =con que.= See page 3, note 1. [68.1] =habéis.= This is a real plural, referring to Silvia and Leandro. =Que= may be taken as a conjunction meaning 'so that' or 'for.' If we consider =que= a relative pronoun, there is no proper antecedent for it; such a construction, however, would not be impossible in conversation. [68.2] =jorobas.= Punch is usually represented as a hunchback. [68.3] =por esos mares= (freely translated) 'on the high seas.' =Ese= at times assumes a peculiar meaning that defies literal translation. It refers in a vague way to something on a large scale familiar to everybody, but particularly familiar to the person addressed. Note the expression =por esas calles de Dios= and the name of the periodical =Por esos mundos=. [69.1] =haciéndole que mire= 'making him look.' See page 52, note 4. [70.1] =llevo remado.= Note the use of =llevar= as an auxiliary. See page 49, note 2. [71.1] =lo que me hago.= Ethical dative. See page 15, note 1. [72.1] =no me importó menos perderme= 'I cared less about being lost,' 'I didn't even mind being lost.' The preceding clause is in itself negative; =menos= makes the succeeding negative even stronger. Cf. the English 'I don't know and care less.' [72.2] =algo que fuera.= Subjunctive in a relative clause with an indefinite antecedent. [74.1] =que= 'until.' A conversational use of =que= for the full =a que= (_i.e._ =hasta que=). [75.1] =sigo.= This verb frequently means 'follow,' but when used with the present participle, it should be translated 'continue' or 'go on.' In this use it emphasizes, even more strongly than ir, continuity of action. [76.1] =decirme.= See page 53, note 2. [79.1] =como.= Note the use of =como= with the subjunctive in a conditional sense; see vocabulary. [80.1] =hayas.= Archaically and poetically used for =tengas=. See page 49, note 3. [80.2] =Decidme lo que sea.= 'Tell me what has become.' The subjunctive is due to the indefiniteness of the relative clause (cf. English 'what may have become'), because Colombina is uncertain as to Leandro's fate. When followed by =de= the verb =ser= often takes the meaning 'become of.'