Уильям Коллинз: Лучшие романы Уилки Коллинза / The Best of Wilkie Collins

Alexander the Great– Alexander of Macedonia (356 BC–323 BC), a legendary king whose successful military expedi-tions to Asia Minor and Persia resulted in creating a great em-pire

half-ounce– an ounce is a unit of weight, 1/16 of a pound or 28.35 grams

matron– a woman housekeeper in a house or some institu-tion

palliatives– smth. that helps to lessen the seriousness of some event

calumny– a lie about a person made to harm his character

brougham– a closed carriage pulled by one horse

the Waterloo Bridge station– a railway terminus in central London in the borough of Lambeth

Cathedral of Notre Dame(in Paris) – one of the greatest Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages famous for its size and architecture

Victor Hugo(1802–1885) – a famous French romantic nov-elist and poet, the author of ‘Notre-Dame de Paris’ (1831)

artisan– a skilled workman

Traditore– a traitor (Italian)

Pere la Chaise– the largest and most visited cemetery in the northeast of Paris with tombs of famous people; it is also the largest park in the city.

Versailles– a city in northern France, 22 km from Paris; the town was built around the Royal Palace of the 17th century, the residence of the kings of France.

acting by proxy– acting by a document giving right to rep-resent another person