Poznámky
Violoniste del Re: French with an Italian «del Re», "violinist to the King", a court title. ↩
Bonbonnière: a small decorative box for sweets or confectionery, here given as a keepsake. ↩
Italian: "It will always stay like this." In Italian in the original. ↩
Italian: "Good evening and many thanks." In Italian in the original. ↩
Italian: "little cardinal" — Marie's ironic nickname for Pietro Antonelli, nephew of Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli. In Italian in the original. ↩
Russian shelma (шельма): rogue, rascal; the bracketed gloss «coquin en russe» is the edition's. In Russian in the original. ↩
Soroka (Russian «magpie», short for britaya soroka, «shaved magpie»): the household's nickname for Émile d'Audiffret (see 053); the aunt blames him for Marie's cough. ↩