231

For these imperfections, see ibid., p. 1192 (Chap. 14).

232

For these details, see El amigo manso, p. 1192 (Chap. 14).

233

For these details, see El amigo manso, p. 1192 (Chap. 14).

234

See the description of Gloria in Chap. 2 of Gloria, Obras completas, Aguilar, 1949, IV, 501.

235

It is possible that recollections of Sisita, the illegitimate daugther of José María Galdós and Adriana. Tate may have contributed some details of Irene's chidhood. See Berkowitz, op. cit., p. 27, where Sisita is described as «charming and pathetic». As for the episode regarding José María Manso's attempt to seduce Irene, the literary type of the poor but honest seamstrees whom some rich villain tries to seduce was a commonplace.

236

W. T. Pattison, op. cit., pp. 31 and 90.

237

See Berkowitz, op. cit., pp. 113-115; Clarín, op. cit., p. 29; «Juan Nadie» in El Día, March 26, 1883 addresses Galdós, mentioning «tus costumbres metódicas, tu laboriosidad y tu existencia un tanto aislada».

238

Revista Contemporánea, 1, 370.

239

Ibid., p. 375.

240

Ibid., p. 380.