concept
Havana cigar
Havana
also: гаванна, Havana
An imported Cuban cigar, a byword for costly refinement in Imperial Russia -- the first item of connoisseurship the boastful passenger name-drops before his occupation deflates the pose.
Reading notes
- In the Railway Carriage §5 Havana, after all!
An imported Cuban cigar -- the first, cheapest prop in the speaker's performance of refinement, paired with an equally name-dropped bottle of Aigle de Perdrix and anchovies.