Note 54 — A Trifling Defect in The Mechanism.
E. L. (Ethel Lillian) Voynich translation
A slang term for the gendarmes; probably because their uniforms are “deeply, darkly, beautifully blue,” like the waters of the Mediterranean.—Translator.
E. L. (Ethel Lillian) Voynich translation
A slang term for the gendarmes; probably because their uniforms are “deeply, darkly, beautifully blue,” like the waters of the Mediterranean.—Translator.