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.fp Chain of tea shops.fq The self-important steward in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.fr Reference to the Bible, Genesis 5:22-23: “And Enoch walked with God.” (KJV).fs Reference to Shakespeare’s Hamlet, act 3, scene 4.ft Reference to Shakespeare’s King Lear, act 3, scene 4: “But mice and rats, and such small deer / Have been Tom’s food for seven long year.”fu A play on the word “devil.”fv Operation in which a part of the skull is removed to relieve pressure.fw Like the leper in the Bible, Leviticus 13:45: “His clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean” (KJV).fx In fox-hunting, to block the fox’s burrows and prevent him from escaping.fy According to the rules (French).fz Make haste slowly (Latin).ga Note well (Latin).gb A knife used by the Gurkhas, an ethnic group from Nepal who aided British military efforts in India.gc Upright windlass for hoisting heavy weights.gd Notched wheel.ge Perhaps Van Helsing means double entendre, “double meaning” (French).gf A quote from the Roman historian Tacitus (a.d.c.55-117): Everything unknown seems wonderful (Latin).gg The boat is named for Catherine II (the Great) of Russia, czarina (empress) from 1762 to 1796.gh “Bloody.”gi “Blooming.”gj Poisons produced by decaying plant and animal matter.gk American rifles.gl A town in western Siberia.gm The undivided property of a recently deceased person.gn Large railway station in central London.go Luxury train from Paris to Istanbul.gp Lloyd’s of London, the great insurance company.gq Her Britannic Majesty.gr Modern Galati, a city on the Danube in eastern Romania.gs From the particular to the universal (Latin).gt Max Nordau’s Degeneration (published in German in 1892) suggested that the human race was deteriorating.gu Cesare Lombroso claimed, in Criminal Man (1876), that the criminal personality could be identified through physical characteristics.gv Rope or cable.gw Capital of Romania.gx Behind.gy See.gz When.ha The Old Man; the devil.hb The Adelphi specialized in broad melodrama; hence, an exaggerated stage Jew.hc Coins.hd Tax on imported goods.he Rivers flowing from the Carpathians to the Danube.hf Lowlying riverine district in eastern England.hg Lively, animated (French).Van Helsing uses the masculine form of the word; he should have said vive [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]