Note 142 — EL CAPITÁN VENENO[4]
Reading edition
a quien nadie mandaba echar su cuarto a espadas, whom nobody told to bet his money on spades, i.e. he had no business to get into the fray: the figure is of betting on cards.
Reading edition
a quien nadie mandaba echar su cuarto a espadas, whom nobody told to bet his money on spades, i.e. he had no business to get into the fray: the figure is of betting on cards.