"produce her once’’
came with her in public on one occasion
"doffing his hat’’
when someone lifts his hat as a sign of respect
"pumped their hands’’
shaking someone’s hand
"to be burnt out’’
to be mentally and physically exhausted
"out in the cold’’
a term used in reference to the work done by a spy; it refers to the time period when a spy may be working and when he or she has no contact with anyone outside their job
"talking drivel’’
talking in a nonsensical way
"getting the knife in’’
to speak critically of someone or something
"benevolent’’
forgiving
"a protracted process’’
an action that lasts a long time
"treated with malice’’
when someone treats another person with malice they have a behavior they know will hurt the other person in some way or another
"the Party’’
in this context, it refers to the Communist Party
"I’m on my uppers’’
to have no money, to be extremely poor
"blandishment’’
to say something or do something flattering to another person in hopes of persuading them to do something for you in exchange
"to appraise someone’’
to look as someone in a critical way as if assessing their value or worth
"to monkey about’’
to fool around, to do things just for fun
