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Belle-de-jour (morning glory): Marie's ominous code-name for a recurring dream figure associated with bad luck. ↩
The Dying Gaul (also called the Dying Gladiator): famous ancient Roman marble in the Capitoline Museums, showing a wounded warrior in his final moments. ↩
Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665): the great French classical painter who spent most of his career in Rome. ↩
Custodi (Italian): museum guards or custodians. ↩
The portrait of Beatrice Cenci (1577–1599), long attributed to Guido Reni, showing the young woman executed for parricide; it became a famous icon of suffering innocence. ↩
Classical mythological subject: Zeus, disguised as a bull, abducts Europa by swimming with her across the sea to Crete. ↩
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino (1591–1666): Italian Baroque painter. His Saint Petronilla (1621–23) is in the Capitoline Museums. ↩
A la bonne heure: an exclamation of approval: "Now that's more like it!" or "At last!" ↩
Silenzio!: Italian for "Silence!" ↩
Guide Diamant: a popular series of cheap travel guides; Marie means she is not going to give a systematic tourist's description. ↩
Raphael's Transfiguration (1516–1520), his last and most celebrated painting, now in the Vatican Pinacoteca. ↩