[3] Winds, pronounced as we’re told, “in poetry.”
[4] The Capital of Pisuerga.
[5] The recollection of this was never quite forgotten.
[6] Vide Botticelli.
[7] In Pisuerga compliments are apt to rival in this respect those of the ardent South.
[8] The missing articles were:—
5 chasubles.
A relic-casket in lapis and diamonds, containing the Tongue of St Thelma.
4¾ yards of black lace, said to have “belonged” to the Madonna.
[9] Although the account of Princess Elsie’s arrival in Kairoulla is signed “Green Jersey,” it seems not unlikely that “Eva Schnerb” herself was the reporter on this eventful occasion.
[10] The Théâtre Diana; a Music Hall dedicated to Spanish Zarzuelas and Operettes. It enjoyed a somewhat doubtful reputation.
[11] The Hon. ‘Eddy’ Monteith had succumbed: the shock received by meeting a jackal while composing a sonnet had been too much for him. His tomb is in the Vale of Akko, beside the River Dis. Alas, for the triste obscurity of his end!