Note 284 — EL CAPITÁN VENENO[4] (continued 2)
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tirando al florete, flourishing [his cane] like a sword; cf. a la oriental, oriental fashion; [hablaba] a lo general antiguo; como Napoleón en las pirámides, like an old-time general; like Napoleon at the [battle of the] pyramids. Diario II, 210.