Notes
In French in the original: juive — apparently the name of the dress style (cf. “la robe juive” later in the diary); the exact sense is uncertain. ↩
Written in Russian in the manuscript; French translation by the editor. ↩
Skunk fur was fashionable trim in the 1870s. ↩
Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days, adapted for the stage and premiered at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in 1874; a spectacular production with elaborate scenic effects. ↩