91
For Juanito's narcissism and Jacinta's acceptance of the double standard, see pp. 223-28. (N. del A.)
92
Jacinta is surprised and terrified, as she had been earlier at Ido's behavior (pp. 332-35). (N. del A.)
93
Confirmation that the hunting metaphor here is quite emphatic may be seen in the fact that when Juanito does at last find Fortunata near the end of volume two, he says: «Desde que volví de Valencia te estoy dando caza» (p. 514). In alpha Ido springs on the chuletas «como hambrienta fiera sobre la res» (p. 307). In beta the word res is reserved for Fortunata, first as object of Juanito's hunt and then as subject of her own introspection: «Me han llevado al casorio, como llevan una res al matadero» (p. 516). (N. del A.)
94
See Vernon A. Chamberlin, «Poor Maxi's Windmill: Aquatic Symbolism in Fortunata y Jacinta», Hispanic Review, 50 (1982), 427-37. (N. del A.)
95
These symbols will be discussed in a separate study now in progress. (N. del A.)
96
Galdós was even more explicit in alpha, calling Fortunata «una prostituta de las calles», p. 577. (N. del A.)
97
Another character had correctly predicted that Juanito «en cuanto te vea hecha una persona decente se ha de ir a ti como el gato a la carne» (p. 471). (N. del A.)
98
Similarly, Fortunata (before her pregnancy) had been described as «[una] lozanía de... apretadas carnes» (p. 625). (N. del A.)
99
King, p. 79. (N. del A.)
100
William H. Shoemaker, Una amistad literaria: La correspondencia epistolar entre Galdós y Narciso Oller (Barcelona: Real Academia de Buenas Letras, 1964), p. 33. (N. del A.)