Muriel spark

N OTES

¹ advocaat — wine made of grapes, yoke and sugar

² a knobbly bun — hair twisted and fastened into a tight wound knob at the back of the head

³ agog — informal: excited and expecting something to happen

⁴ rough-and-tumble — noisily violent, not quiet and pleasant

⁵ to touch wood — to touch something made of -wood in order to turn away bad luck

⁶ a masher — slang: a dandy and a beau: a man who tries to force his atten­tions on a woman (against her will)