b When shops are traditionally closed, as is the case in many predominantly Protestant countries.
c Forgotten district, once fashionable.
d Small cabin in a gondola.
e Assumed name, taken for a particular course of action.
g Plasterwork in imitation of marble for floors and columns (Italian).
h Shields or emblems used in the display of a coat of arms.
i It’s the least I can do (French).
j Fishy, suspicious (French).
k Proper, seemly (French).
m Unable to proceed logically.
o Quarters, lodgings (Italian).
p Standing, authority (Italian).
r Developed an intense dislike of her.
t Peasant woman (Italian).
x New Year’s Day (Italian).
z Tour or a stroll (Italian).
aa The inheritor of a legacy.
ad Lady of the house (Italian).
ae Woman, maid (Italian).
af Medieval cities on the mainland within 50 miles of Venice.
ag A notation that the post office should hold a letter until it is claimed by the addressee (French).
ah That old woman (Italian).
ai Cheap stuff—an ugly little procession.... Poor thing! (Italian).
aj Small island in the Venetian Lagoon, famous for its glassworks.
ak A scarf, usually of lace.
an A village on the southern end of the Lido.
ao “Trinity College, one of several colleges in Cambridge University.
ap All the more reason (French).
aq That is, as a servant.
at An arm of the northern Black Sea on the coast of Russia.
au Lazybones, good-for-nothing (Italian).
av Request for a character reference.
aw For two cents (French).