Maurus Jókai
A hungarian Nabob


Index of footnotes


  • CHAPTER I. AN ODDITY, 1822.
1 For the meaning of this and all other Hungarian words used in the text, see the glossary at end of book.
2 Relay of horses: Ger. Vorspann.
3 Tailors.
4 Pronounced Bush.


  • CHAPTER III. THE WHITSUN KING.
5 A dance given at sow-slaughtering time.


  • CHAPTER VII. THE NABOB'S BIRTHDAY.
6 The county town, where they had a standing engagement.
7 I.e., Little Paul.
8 Öcse, a familiar and affectionate salutation from an elder to a younger kinsman.
9 Vivat!


  • CHAPTER VIII. AN UNEXPECTED CHANGE.
10 In Hungarian, as in German, a rejected lover is said to "receive a basket."


  • CHAPTER XVIII. UNPLEASANT DISCOVERIES.
11 The allusion, no doubt, is to F. G. de Pitaval's "Causes célèbres et intéressantes." - Tr.


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