65: fairelamourir – Iris’ poor French leads her to unintentionally confuse the French noun “amour” (love) with the verb “mourir” (to die).

66: Starov – Ivan Starov: a famous nineteenth-century Russian architect and city planner. Also, Starovers: a traditionalist religious sect who split from the Russian Orthodox Church in response to the reforms of 1666.

66: vaw-dutch-ka. An attempt at transliterating the pronunciation of the Russian diminutive for “water” водучка.

67: Pandora – According to Hesiod, Pandora opened a jar, releasing all the evils into the world.

67: Cannice – An amalgamation of “Nice” and “Cannes,” two cities in southern France

67: Troilus and Cressida – Lesser-known Shakespeare tragicomedy about the death of Hector and the love affair between the eponymous protagonists.

68: Gogol’s Inspector-General tells the story of a traveler who arrives in a village plagued by corruption and is mistaken by the bumbling residents for the government inspector.