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 Tunner apologizes when the bumpy movements of the train cause him to bump very hard into Kit while sitting down; he says that he “miscalculated the beast’s [train] **gyrations**”. In conjunction with referring to the train as a ‘beast’, this gives the train even more anthropomorphic qualities. ||
 * ** Page ** || ** Term ** || ** Meaning/Explanation ** ||
 * 82 || ** Gyrations ** || Revolutions  around a fixed point or axis ; s pira l movements; i.e. hip gyrations for hula-hooping.
 * 82 || // “Ah, pardon. Je me suis tromp ////è //// e.” // || “Oh, sorry. I made a mistake.” This phrase is casual, but polite.

The lady who accidentally opens the door to Kit and Tunner’s compartment apologizes, but does so while “scowling balefully” and leaves “without shutting the door behind her.” Thus, her actions contradict the politeness of her words, causing Kit to insult her by calling her a //voyeuse//. || || In Greek mythology, a harpy was a vicious monster with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail, wings, and claws of a bird. In more general use, it means a cruel, predatory, malicious woman with a fierce temper- not a nice thing to call someone.
 * 82 || **Harpy**

Tunner refers to the “ravaged-looking woman in black” who tried to enter their compartment as an “old **harpy**”; this derogatory term is referring either to her behavior, appearance, or both. || || French word for a female voyeur. A voyeur is a paraphilic individual who derives sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting people, almost always strangers, undressing or engaging in sexual behavior. A similar term would be a peeping Tom.
 * 82 || // **Voyeuse** //

"Kit walked to the doorway, stood in it, and said loudly: 'She's just a voyeuse.' The woman, already halfway down the corridor, turned furiously and glared at her."

Kit refers to the woman who accidentally opened the compartment door as a //voyeuse// to insult her, suggesting both that she had been intentionally attempting to intrude on an intimate moment AND that the moment with Tunner was a private one. || || an ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa
 * 83 || **Berbers**

When Kit is walking among the fourth-class passengers on the train, it is noted that they are all native Berbers and Arabs. This highlights the poverty and class inferiority of the natives. || || Dun- An almost neutral brownish gray to dull grayish brown.  It is often used to refer to a horse of this color. When Kit enters the fourth-class train car, she notes that it is “crowded to bursting with men in **dun-colored** burnouses [cloak]…” This could convey that the men blend into the background or are very unobtrusive (because of the neutrality and dullness of the color) or could be a subtle comparison of the men to animals. ||
 * 83 || **Dun-colored**
 * 86 || //**tête-à-tête** // || Literal translation: “head to head,” meaning without the intrusion of a third person; in intimate privacy.

When Kit is drenched and shivering on the train, she finds herself unable to look away from the mutilated, noseless face of a man. Bowles describes this silent staring match as a //tête-à-tête ////, //since it is uninterrupted and, quite literally, head-to-head. || || A braced structural tower-like framework of timber, metal, or reinforced concrete that is used to support a bridge or ropeway.  Kit and Tunner’s train was noisily and slowly moving up a steep slope, and “from time to time, in the middle of the shaking and racket, there was a hollow sound for a few seconds as it crossed a short bridge or **trestle**.”  ||
 * 86 || **Trestle**
 * 89 || ** caïd  ** || Originally Arabic, meaning “master” or “leader”. It became a title of nobility in North Africa, and could be bought by men from wealthy families. Often they are men of great importance (in governments) or possibly the heads of tribes.

Mrs. Lyle tells Port that Eric has “gone off somewhere, to see some **caïd** or other.” She says that he likely “has letters of introduction to Arabs in every town of North Africa.” This suggests that Eric is skilled in making important contacts and using his connections. ||