Summaries and Commentaries

Chapter XXIII

perambulation    a walking about; a stroll.

soirée musicale    an event or party dedicated to musical performance.

coquetry    the behavior or act of a coquette; flirting.

bourgeois    middle-class; also used variously to mean conventional, smug, materialistic, and so on.

toddy    a drink of brandy or whiskey with hot water, sugar, and often, spices.

darky    an African-American; a derogatory or contemptuous term.

grosbec    any of various passerine birds with a thick, strong, conical bill. Usually spelled grosbeak.

pirogue    a dugout canoe.

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