The Darling

The Darling Glossary

Collegiate Assessor

A civil servant in the Imperial Russian government

Operetta

A short, humorous opera

Pantomime

A performance using entirely gestures, lacking any verbal expression

'Faust Burlesqued'

Faust up to Date, a musical burlesque by Meyer Lutz (1864)

'Orpheus in Hades'

Orpheus in the Underworld, an operetta by Jacques Offenbach

Bryansk

A city in western Russia

Kharkov

A city in northeastern Ukraine

Vespers

Evening prayers

Genuflections

Kneeling during prayer

Akimbo

Body position with hands on the hips and elbows bowed outwards

Superfluous

Excessive, unnecessary

Cracknels

Hard, crisp biscuits

Entwine

To interlace

Sardonic

Cynical or sarcastic

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