Note {172-3} — Front matter (continued 3)
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3.{172-3} cogió ... lamber, she got frightfully drunk. The lower classes sometimes use cafetera for borrachera, 'drunkenness'. No poderse lamer = estar tan privado de sí como el perro que no puede lamerse la herida, 'to be as much overcome as a dog that can not lick its wound'.