The Princess Casamassima (Classics) by Henry James
282. (p. 560) coffin. Ominous word – not usually used in connection with the cases in which pipes were kept.
283. (p. 564) Comme vous y allez! Steady on!
284. (p. 566) suivante. Servant.
285. (p. 566) capisce. You understand.
286. (p. 566) Peccato! A pity!
287. (p. 567) povera vecchia. The poor old lady.
288. (p. 583) the huge fretted palace. The Palace of Westminster, the seat of the Houses of Parliament.
289. (p. 583) David. The story of David’s fight against the giant Goliath is told in 1 Samuel 17.
290. (p. 586) es kann sein. It’s possible.
291. (p. 588) nicht wahr? Don’t they?
292. (p. 588) Schön. All right.
* J. M. and H. R. Dent, The House of Dent 1888–1938, Dent, 1938.
* Henry James, The Art of the Novel, edited by R. P. Blackmur, C. Scribners, 1934, P. 53.
* Leon Edel, Henry James: The Untried Years, 1843–70; The Conquest of London, 1870–82; The Middle Years, 1882–95, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953.
* Henry James, A Little Tour in France, J. R. Osgood, 1885.
Henry James, The Princess Casamassima (Classics)
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