Poznámky
Daumont (or à la Daumont): a carriage harnessed with postilions rather than a coachman on the box — a particularly fashionable and expensive style of equipage. ↩
Jettent un froid: lit. "cast a cold" — an idiom for dampening the atmosphere; to put a chill on proceedings. ↩
Italian: "Where is your umbrella? It's not raining now — where's the umbrella?" In Italian in the original. ↩
Italian: "It is useless — he has seen me, he knows." In Italian in the original. ↩
Douchka (Russian душка): a term of endearment — "darling," "dear one." Marie pretends not to know it as part of her Italian disguise. ↩
Cocotte: a kept woman, a courtesan — the polite term for a high-class mistress. Femme peinte (lit. "painted woman") — a woman wearing cosmetics, used contemptuously. ↩
Italian exchange: "Good evening, little cardinal!" / "Good evening, darling!" In Italian in the original. ↩
Intriguer: at masked balls, to tease, puzzle, and mystify strangers while in disguise — a recognised art of the masquerade. ↩