What is the mood of Borges’s story?

Borges’s translation uses borrowing from Argentinian Spanish to enhance the atmosphere of patriotism that pervades the story. For example, the narrator refers to the old gaucho’s “chiripa” (172), and the narrator refers to the country louts as “peones” (173). Since the story is set in Argentina, the use of these dialectical terms enhances the sense of familiarity that Dahlmann feels toward the region of Argentina that he calls home. Furthermore, since the narrator repeats that Dahlmann is unapologetically Argentinian throughout the story, the fact that the limited narrator uses words from the Argentinian dialect shows enhances the depth of Dahlmann’s patriotism in the story.