Hi everybody. I have some questions about saki's works.
One is from "The image of the lost soul".
There is a following description.
"Every evening it crept trustfully into its corner against the stone breast of the image, and the
darkling eyes seemed to keep watch over its slumbers."
What does darkling mean? Does it mean that it was getting dark and became difficult to see everything? Or does it mean that the the image gave a brooding eye?
Another is from "Clovis on the alleged romance of business".
At the last of the story there is the following description.
"He is buried by the thousand in Kensal Green and other
large cemeteries"
Maybe, it is strange to interpret as the thousand people buried his bone in Kensal Green AND other
large cemeteries. Does it mean that his bone is burred in the same way as thousand people who are buried in Kensal Green or other large cemeteries?
Could you please give me some advice?