Martha, on a hot, wet, steamy afternoon, had spent two hours wriggling on her stomach through the undergrowth to reach a point where she might shoot a big koodoo that was grazing in a corner of the Hundred Acres.

a water-laid, or left-hand, rope

Not far from Skansen is Sweden's oldest amusement park, Gröna Lund, which opened in 1883 and features attractions including a love tunnel and a haunted house.

'And of all the fucking idiots, the fuckingest of all is Frank Rosen.'