Glossary
To beg – to ask strongly for something.
Bore – an uninteresting or boring person.
Butler – male servant in a house, responsible for serving drink.
To catch a chill – to become ill because of the cold.
Clairvoyant – a person who can see into the future.
Crush – a crowd of people.
Curiosity – interested in knowing many things.
Etching – a drawing or scene done with a pencil.
Faint – not clear.
Fellow – informal word for a man.
Frankness – honesty.
To hesitate – to stop or wait because of being uncertain.
Incessant – all the time.
Indefinable – not possible to describe.
Infatuated – to have some great extreme love for someone.
Lace – fine material made with a pattern of holes.
Lodgings – a place to live.
Lungs – organ in the body used for breathing.
Matrimonially – related to marriage.
Pavement – the place on the street where people walk.
To peer – to look at carefully.
Penteteuch – The first five books of the Bible (Old Testament).
Postscript – words written at the end of a letter (now simply P.S.).
Poverty – the state of being poor, having no money.
Punctual – to always arrive on time.
The season – regular social events held in high society.
Shabbiness – old and dirty.
Short cut – an unusual route shorter than the normal journey.
To sink – to drop downwards, often into deep water.
Slight – thin.
Sovereign – an old English coin.
Subtle – quiet and intelligent.
To surround – to cover on all sides.
Tories – political party in England. Traditionally wealthy owners of land.
To trot – a horse walking.
Unapproachable – unfriendly, not easy to make friends with.
Vague – not very clear.
Veil – cloth worn to cover a woman’s face.
To wander – to walk with no clear direction.
Widow – a woman whose husband has died.