Calderon
Also known as: Calderon, marquis Calderon, Colorado Claro
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A young Spaniard of Marie's Nice circle in 1875, "le petit Espagnol noir" (039.0139). Mon Journal t.5 index: «Calderon (Claro) [Colorado Claro, marquis], Espagnol, 17, 54, 253», so his given name may be Claro; the bracket «[Colorado Claro, marquis]» is the editors' note and is not explained. No later trace.
Relevance to Marie
- 7 May 1875. In the fancy-dress pageant Marie plans for herself and her friends: «Calderon marmiton» (kitchen boy), with Audiffret and Gericke as Dina's guards, Collignon governess, Barnola governor of the Dauphin (032.0341).
- 19 August 1875. At Schlangenbad she sees «la demoiselle que je nommais à Nice Madame Obeziana [singe] et son frère, un petit qui était souvent avec Calderon, le petit Espagnol noir» (039.0139).
References in Diary
- 9 April 1875 (merged entry MARQUIS_CALDERON): «le petit Espagnol se nomme le marquis Calderon, et comme Olga soupirait je dis que ce sera son nom mais un peu autrement; Colorado Claro» (031.0171), a cigar grade. The Mon Journal t.5 index has one line, «Calderon (Claro) [Colorado Claro, marquis], Espagnol, 17, 54».
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