Jefferson Davis (1808–1889); U.S. statesman; president of the Confederacy (1861–1865).
Jerez (Spanish) sherry.
Jo Davidson (1883–1952); U.S. sculptor.
kepi a cap with a flat round top and a stiff visor, worn by French soldiers.
kike (Slang) a Jew; a hostile and offensive term.
King George V (1865–1936); king of Great Britain and Ireland (1910–1936); son of Edward VII.
kiosque (French) a small structure open at one or more sides.
klaxon a kind of electric horn with a loud, shrill sound.
La France Sportive (French) Sporting France.
landing-nets a small bag-like net attached to a long handle, for taking a hooked fish from the water.
Lasted just four days. . . . Don't remember. Wrote you a postcard. Remember that perfectly. Bill drops the subjects of his sentences because he is drunk.
L'Auto a French periodical.
L'Avenue's a Parisian restaurant.
Le Toril a periodical covering bullfighting.
Lenglen Suzanne Lenglen (1899–1938); Wimbledon singles champion 1919–1923.
Let's turn in early Mike is aroused and wants to have sex with Brett.
lidia (Spanish) fight.
Liège a province of eastern Belgium, or its capital, on the Meuse River.
light heavyweight a boxer between a super middleweight and a cruiserweight, with a maximum weight of 175 pounds.
little chickens young girlfriends.
loopholes a hole or narrow slit in the wall of a fort, for looking or shooting through.
lorgnon a single or double eyeglass, as a monocle or pince-nez.
Lourdes a town in southwestern France to which Roman Catholics travel so as to be healed of injuries, illnesses, and so on.
LOVE Note that Brett's telegram is signed with her name only. Though profoundly attracted to Jake, she is perhaps incapable of love.
Loyola any of a number of colleges and universities named for Saint Ignatius de Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits.
Luxembourg gardens formal gardens behind the Palais du Luxembourg, west of the Latin Quarter.
Lyons the English name for Lyon, a city in east-central France, at the juncture of the Rhone and Salone rivers.
