[p 145] His parents were Russians, but he had been born on his master’s estate in Little Russia, and prided himself on being a Khókhol, i.e. Little Russian.
[p 146] I found good company there, I can tell you—twelve Khokhly,¹ all fine fellows and every one of them as strong as a horse. [footnote] 1 Plural of Khókhol.
But once on the more secure purchase of the macadamised main road, their driver turned off his gig-lamps and let the passengers swell slowly into drowsy sleep as he set sail for distant Avignon.
Lieutenant-General Fry says that coalition forces will continue military operations to separate the two sides of the sectarian conflict but that such operations were meant to hold the ring until the politicians come up with a solution.
Their music may not be worthy of radio time, but it's nothing to sneeze at.
