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boobies and bedlamites – fools and madmen

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felo-de-se – a suicide

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from “Hymns and Spiritual Songs” by John Newton (1816)

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laudanum – tincture of opium

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media-via – a compromise or a middle way (Latin)

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ni-jamais-ni-toujours – neither never nor always (French)

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d—d – cursed, devil’s

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habit – here: clothes, dress

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hunter – a horse trained specially for hunting

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ennui – boredom (French)

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physic – to give medicine, to cure

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‘sweet regent of the sky’ – quotation from William Julius Mickle (1735–1788), a Scottish poet

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‘black blue vault of heaven’ – from William Wordsworth’s poem “A Night Piece” (1798)

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However we do praise ourselves… – William Shakespeare, “Twelfth Night,” Act II, Scene 2.

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curtain lecture – a reproof or a scolding that a wife gives to her husband when they are alone

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cared a stiver – used in negative, archaic meaning of no value as a stiver was a coin (one twentieth of a Netherlands’ guilder)

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from “The Country Lass” (Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics).

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the fowls of heaven and the lilies of the fields – from Gospel, Scripture: Matthew. Here Hattersley can’t keep from blasphemy

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The light of the body is the eye. If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. – one more quotation from Gospel by Matthew.

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white-livered – a coward, synonym to chicken-heart

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ante-room – a small room that one passed to reach a larger one

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par parenthèse – incidentally (French)

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Ye twain shall be one flesh – from the Bible (Mark 10:8), said during the wedding ceremony

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tartar-emetic – tartaric acid used for medical care to produce nausea

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half-seas-over – tipsy, getting drunk

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air – here: a song

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cant – hypocritical

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to obtain a situation – to get a place

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fiddle = fiddlesticks – rubbish

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bairns – children (Scottish)

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a crony – a buddy, a friend

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monomania – obsession with something (only one thing)

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sterling worth – here: true value

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brethren of the cloth – from archaic “brothers,” meaning members of the same society, here of the clergy

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nominal daughter – meaning that she was Huntingdon’s daughter

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i.e. – from id est (Latin) = that is

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stalwart – strong and well-built

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Here the coachman uses both archaic and dialect expressions. Yonder – that, there, to that place

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gotten overed – got over, finished

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’un – one

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Ay – yes

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should a been wed afore – should have been

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long purse – she is rich

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fell out – parted

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hopportunity – opportunity

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’at – that

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I lay she’ll rue her bargain afore long – I’m sure she’ll feel remorse before long

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perlite – pearly

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longer – apparently from the “long face” = in a bad mood

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nipping – venomous; screwing – greedy

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grudging – discontent, resentment

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Christmas-rose – hellebore, a small white-flowered plant