Poznámky
Biou: Marie's affectionate-contemptuous nickname for Audiffret, a variant of "Bibi." ↩
moujik (Russian): peasant — Marie's mockingly contemptuous nickname for Audiffret despite his nobility; in Russian in the original. ↩
Empire gown (Robe Empire): a high-waisted dress in the Neoclassical style of the First Empire (early 19th century) — by 1875 a deliberate revival aesthetic, giving a statuesque, antique effect. ↩
Tooth-pullers (arracheurs de dents): itinerant quack dentists who, before modern dentistry, drew crowds in public squares with theatrical performances before extracting teeth. ↩
"Ed ha natura sì malvaggia e ria" (Italian): "And has a nature so wicked and evil" — Inferno, Canto I; Dante's description of the she-wolf, symbol of avarice; Marie applies the line to jealousy. In Italian in the original. ↩
The Shaved Magpie (Pie rasée): Marie's mocking nickname for Audiffret, combining the magpie's chattering sociability with "shaved" — a reference to his clean-shaven face, unusual in the bearded 1870s. ↩