Лучшие рассказы О. Генри = The Best of O. Henry

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Bellevue Hospital – a famous hospital in New York City

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the Vesuvian Bay – the Bay of Naples in southern Italy with Vesuvius, an active volcano rising high above it

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Boreas – in Greek mythology, the personification of the north wind

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bluecoats – here: policemen

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Blackwell’s – the name of the prison

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the Riviera – the seacoast on the Mediterranean Sea in the south of France

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Caesar (100 BC–44 BC) – a Roman ruler, general and dictator, assassinated by the group of conspirators

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Brutus (85 BC–42 BC) – a Roman politician, one of the leaders in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar

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Chablis – white wine of northern Burgundy in France, made of Chardonnay grapes

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Camembert – cheese of Normandy, covered with white mold

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Yale – a private university in New Haven, one of the oldest universities in the USA, founded in 1701

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Hartford College – University of Hartford in Connecticut, founded in 1877

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Arcadia – in Greek and Roman poetry and the Renaissance literature, the blessed country, paradise

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Hendrik (Henry) Hudson (1565–1611) – an English navigator and explorer whose name was given to a river, a strait and a bay

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Napoleon III (1808–1873) – president of the Second Republic of France, and since 1852 emperor of France

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Minerva – in Roman religion, the goddess of handicrafts, profession and arts

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the Palisades – high vertical rocks along the west side of the Hudson River

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Yosemite – Yosemite Valley, a picturesque region in east-central California

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Haydn – Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), a famous Austrian composer of the Classical style in music

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Carnegie medal – the award given for heroic deeds, established by Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919), a famous American industrialist and philanthropist

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Morgan – John Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), an American financier and industrialist

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the Badgers – the nickname of the residents of Wisconsin, the US state in the Midwest

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Chilcoot – a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains in Alaska; served as a way to the lands rich in gold.