5) "'I beg pardon,' Mr. Datchery said, making a leg with his hat under his arm." (page 166) Say what? Help me out. Please.
okay, I had to look it up just to be sure, "make a leg" is a type of deep bow. I have seen it in reference to addressing nobles/royalty. One website claimed the phrase was used to refer to the cast bow at the end of a performance.
) Farden. "I lay it out honest to the last brass farden." (page 215) No definition in either dictionary or wordnik. Sentences in the latter suggest it's an amount of money—which is pretty much what I assumed.
I assume this is an alternate pronunciation/spelling of "farthing", a small denomination british coin. Since he has used "wittles" as an alternate for "victuals", it seems like a reasonable supposition.
