171

See my «The structure of La desheredada», MLN, LXXVI (1961), pp. 794-800.

172

Don Romualdo's surname continues the transparent symbolism of the names of streets (Saúco, Almendro, etc.), furnishing a sturdy, durable cedar in place of the more fragile and temporary refuges of doña Paca.

173

Leon Livingstone, «Interior Duplication and the Problem of Form in the Modem Spanish Novel», PMLA, LXIII (1958), p. 399.

174

Ibid.

175

Gullón, pp. 111-112.

176

Zambrano, pp. 41-42.

177

Ibid., p. 46.

178

Robert Ricard, «Sur le personnage d'Almudena...», p. 52.

179

She would distribute this wealth among the poor, in any case.

180

This episode is surely a reprise of the galley-slaves episode in Don Quijote, and reminiscent of the martyrdom of St. Stephen.