Note 19 — JOSÉ MARÍA ROA BÁRCENA.
Reading edition
There is here a play on words not easy to render well. Pero—but: pera—pear; aguacate is a sort of fruit. The text runs:
“Pero—señor Don Raimundo” “No hay peros, ni aguacates que valgan.”
The exact translation is:
“But—señor Don Raimundo——“ There are no pears, nor aguacates, which avail.