Note 65.2 — Front matter (continued 2)

comenzó a correr... la especie, the rumor began to spread through the town without any one knowing who had started it. With saber supply the indefinite subject nadie, cf. page 3, note 5. Soltara, the so-called first impf. or conditional subjunctive is by derivation a plpf. indicative (Lat. -averam > -aram > -ara). This value still persists, but is confined to rather elevated style, and is usually, though not always, found in dependent clauses, not necessarily, however, in relative clauses alone. Soltar una especie, "to launch a suggestion," "throw out a feeler," "start a report."