MD3PAD 148-150

[Toby G Levy]

        After a second and third blast from the elephant gun, Dixon
decides to stop Cornelius Vroom from firing at him. He charges Vroom
before he can reload and explains to him that he is not Mason and should
not be shot in his place.

vw#35: Soupkie - glass for drinking gin.

        Dixon convinces Vroom to accompany him to his favorite tavern,
The World's End, where they drink gin. Dixon listens to all of Vroom's
marital problems.

vw#36: Sumptuary - Regulating or limiting personal expenditures.

        The wind is blowing around old clothes from the days of the
sumptuary laws. Read all about sumptuary laws at:
http://renaissance.dm.net/sumptuary/

vw#37: Ticklingburg -  A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in
the West Indies.

vw#38: Paduasoy - A rich heavy silk fabric with a corded effect.

vw#39: Swanskin -  Any of several flannel or cotton fabrics with a soft
nap.

vw#40: Shalloon -  A lightweight wool or worsted twill fabric, used
chiefly for coat linings.

        They sit for hours in the bar as sailors come in, most of them
known to Dixon,  and leave with women.  The smells of everything smoked
in the bar is intoxicating. Cornelius at last becomes chummy with Dixon
and proposes they go the Company Lodge, which according to Cornelius
operates as a bordello.

vw#41: Seraglio - 1. A large harem. 2. A sultan's palace.

Toby