| 1 | The locomotive's name, Mat Salleh, is also colonial-era: it is a mildly derogatory Malay term for "white man", deriving from a corruption of "mad sailor". | |
| 2 | Linton had slid from his seat on to the hearthstone, and lay writhing in the mere perverseness of an indulged plague of a child, determined to be as grievous and harassing as it can. |