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Adam

myrmidous – servitors, servants; myrmidons of law = policemen

See “Murders in the Rue Morgue”

The New York “Commercial Advertiser,” edited by Col. Stone

sequitur – here: answer, explanation ( Latin )

ex parte – one-sided, unilateral ( Latin )

“A theory based on the qualities of an object, will prevent its being unfolded according to its objects; and he who arranges topics in reference to their causes, will cease to value them according to their results. Thus the jurisprudence of every nation will show that, when law becomes a science and a system, it ceases to be justice. The errors into which a blind devotion to principles of classification has led the common law, will be seen by observing how often the legislature has been obliged to come forward to restore the equity its scheme had lost.” – Landor

bureau – office ( French )

comptoir – counter ( French )

New York “Express”

Lothario – a fictional character of the 18th century whose main interest was seducing women

New York “Herald”

New York “Courier and Inquirer”

Mennais was one of the parties originally suspected and arrested, but discharged through total lack of evidence

New York “Courier and Inquirer”

New York “Evening Post”

Of the Magazine in which the article was originally published

amour= love ( French )

MS – manuscript, record; MSS – pl. manuscripts, records

praeter-nature – supernatural

dénouement – end, outcome ( French )

Juggernaut – a huge long-distance lorry

Queer Street – here: a strange or difficult situation

M. D. – Doctor of Medicine

D. C. L. – Doctor of Civil Law

L. L. D. – Doctor of Laws

F. R. S. – Fellow of the Royal Society

Damon and Pythias – in Greek legend, a pair of devoted friends, each ready to sacrifice oneself for the sake of the other

apropos – proper, appropriate

Soho – a district in central London notable for its clubs, restaurants (especially Chinese), etc.

Dr. Fell – John Fell (1625–1685), an Anglican priest, editor and author, the bishop of Oxford since 1676

pede claudo – here: unnoticeable, creeping ( Latin )

Jack-in-the-box – a toy in the form of the box with a spring in it

M. P. – Member of Parliament

cheval-glass – an antique mirror in a special frame that makes it possible to set the mirror in a slanting position

Philippi – an ancient town in Greece named for Philip II of Macedon; in 42 BC, a decisive battle in which Mark Antony defeated Caesar’s assassins, Brutus and Cassius, took place near Philippi.

the Babylonian finger – in the Old Testament, in the Book of Daniel, a mysterious hand wrote on the wall of Belshazzar’s palace God’s judgement fortelling that Belshazzar, king of Babylonia, would be killed, and the city of Babylon destroyed

the Regent’s Park – a large park in northwestern London laid out in 1811 for the Prince Regent

Harlequin – one of the main characters in the Italian comedy del’arte, a faithful and witty valet, patient and amorous

Columbine – one of the main characters in the Italian comedy del’arte, a servant girl, a lady’s maid and an intrigante

Epsom – a town in the historic county of Surrey in England

Yorkshire – a historic county of England in the north-central part of the country

rabbi – in Judaism, a person acting as a religious teacher and a spiritual leader in a Jewish community

the Bosphorus – the strait uniting the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara

Ascalon – a city located on the Mediterranean coast, in Palestine; its history goes back to 2000 BC

Normandy – a historical and cultural region in the north of France

Guienne – a historical and cultural region in southwestern France

Jaffa – an ancient port on the Mediterranean coast northwest of Jerusalem, first mentioned in the 15th century BC

Acre – also spelled Akko, a city in northwestern Israel on the Mediterranean coast, first mentioned in the 19th century BC

Blois – a city in central France, first mentioned in the 6th century

Epte – a river in northwestern France

Gascony – a historical and cultural region in southwestern France

Saladin(1137–1193) – a Muslim sultan of Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Palestine, a famous hero of the wars against the Crusaders

Templar – a member of the Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, a religious military order founded in the 12th century

Edward the Confessor(1002–1066) – the King of England who kept the kingdom united during the 24 years of his reign

Huntingdon – a town in south-central England, founded by the Anglo-Saxons and the Danes

Botany Bay – a historic town in Enfield, an outer borough of London

Jorvaulx – an area in Wensleydale, in the historic county of Yorkshire