Selected entries....
- tky
** pp25-37. ch3
p25: the Nut and Raisin emblem of the grocer {unclear:
all grocers use this emblem vs this is the only grocer nearby}
p26: stabling horses prohibited near Palace: odors; pests attracted
p26: {fire? cf Moscow/Russia?} near palace, wood gives way to stone
p26: they spot Pel, "The small fellow"
pp27-28: [describe Pel] sword: "dueler's grip" bell guard
p28, p29: "Pel" not a Yendi name
p28: Pel reads extra, upsetting meaning into
-"we're here for the same reason you are"-
p29: Imperial Palace: started shortly before Jamiss I
p30: "story": Tsalmoth Emperor, Faarith I, "proceeded" Jamiss I {preceeded?};
Orb "was even then beginning to show its marvelous attributes" {!};
engineer Jamiss took Palace & Orb since Orb failed to save Faarith
p32: "Cavalier Pel" {double meanings? offhand? aristrocratic?
Charles I of England? 17th century English Cavalier poets?
gallant = fashionable, lady's man?}
p33: Count Gant-Aerethia (G'aereth)
p33: Aerich tenses at name "Lord Shaltre"
** pp39-45. ch4
p39: Aerich passes 3 weapon-smiths, stops at hostelry with fat partridge sign,
basement door with a small sign of a simple longsword {why this one?}
p40: [Serioli fashionable in court] [Pel] "*K'sozhaleniju*, I do not"
p40: {snicker} would [be] damp, smelly, close, and dark, were it not,
in fact, well lit, which prevented it from being dark
p41: [Pel appears to understand the Issola deception & candlebud business]
pp42-43: [G'aereth background] Lady Yaro e'Lanya {"e'" = abbrev for?}
** pp47-57. ch5
p47: "high wrought iron" {'i' in "high" has faint extra dots in my copy}
p48: [Frai e'Terics] {"e'" = abbrev for? = same as e'Lanya?}
pp49-50: Sivali-Yangorra Stones {later years: s'yang stones, eg. Teckla:p437?}
p51: [Dragon prejudiced against non-Dragon in Guard]