Poznámky
"This future pope": Marie's ironic nickname for Pietro Antonelli, nephew of Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli, implying he too will become a cardinal or pope. ↩
Faulty Latin: roughly "Marie Bashkirtseff created Peter Antonelli in her mind" — the grammar is incorrect (nominative Petrus Antonellius should be accusative). Marie herself adds the humorous disclaimer. In Latin in the original. ↩
Magnétisme de la pensée: thought-magnetism — a popular spiritualist concept of the 1870s, derived from Mesmerism, holding that concentrated desire could exert a psychic influence on another person. ↩
Table d'hôte: the common table at a hotel where guests dine together at a set price — less exclusive than private dining, but a standard fixture of Roman hotel life. ↩