Poznámky
"She is very beautiful" — in English in the original. ↩
"Comme un loup blanc" — a French idiom for being extremely conspicuous: as visible and rare as a white wolf. ↩
Regis venit lux (Latin): "The light of the king comes" — a quasi-religious invocation of royal presence. ↩
"Le Diable" (the Devil) — Marie's nickname for Sir Frederic Johnstone, a dashing English acquaintance whom she had admired earlier. ↩
Spa: the Belgian resort town, fashionable among European aristocracy; its name gave rise to the English word "spa." ↩
"We would be quite a nice little party" — in English in the original. ↩
Pique-niques: the word was borrowed from English into French in the 18th century; LAN notes its English origin here. ↩