cheerful murmur. This great avenue, hedged in on the sidesby thousands of chairs
and hundreds of benches belonging to water andorange-venders, is the most
frequented part of the Prado, and is calledthe salon of the Prado."
2. [28] Sin que por eso perdiesen de vista un momento, without, onthis account, losing sight of for a moment.
3. [29] Me puse a, I began to. 4. [30] Como no tenía otra cosa que hacer, as I had nothing elseto do. 5. [31] Me acerqué cuanto pude, I approached as near as I could. 6. [32] No tardó en romperlo la primera, it was not long beforethe first one broke it. 7. [33] Algún día os habías de encontrar, some day you were tomeet. 8. [34] Que debías decírselo todo, that you ought to have told hereverything. Note the use of the past tense debías.
9. [35] Debes decírselo, lit., you ought to tell it to her. 10. [36] Debió ser, must have been. 11. [37] El obelisco del Dos de Mayo, above an octagonal granitebase of four steps, rises a grand sarcophagus, square in form, coveredwith inscriptions, coats of arms, and
a bas-relief which represents thetwo Spanish officers killed on the second of May,
1808, in the defenseof Artillery Park. On the sarcophagus rises a pedestal in doric
style,upon which are four statuettes that symbolize love of country,
valor,constancy, and virtue. In the midst of the statues rises a tall obelisk,upon
which is written in characters of gold, Dos de Mayo.
12. [38] Se puso a, began to. 13. [39] Oí exclamar a Luisa, I heard Luisa exclaim. 14. [40] Debía de ser, must have been. 15. [41] Echó una carrerita, advanced a short distance. 16. [42] Después de cambiadas, after having exchanged. 17. [43] Echó a correr, started to run. 18. [44] Que era la que pensaba seguir, which was the one heintended to follow. 19. [45] A mí me de daba, note the redundant personal pronoun. 20. [46] De parte de Luisa, que sí, by order of Luisa, yes. 21. [47] Rompió a sollozar, broke out sobbing. 22. [48] Sin que por eso perdiesen, without losing on thisaccount. 
