Notes
Vigier: a tenor Marie has mentioned, singing at Nice's fashionable Cercle. ↩
The Cercle de la Méditerranée: the most prestigious social club in Nice, centre of fashionable winter-season entertainment. ↩
La Rosière: a traditional ceremony in which a virtuous young woman of the village is crowned with roses; Marie adapts this satirically. ↩
The feast of Saint Émile (May 22): Émile d'Audiffret's name-day, the targeted date for the satirical letter. ↩
Nicae Civitas: "The City of Nice" — the Latin inscription on the coat of arms of Nice. ↩