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We are speaking English — In English in the original. Marie switches to English deliberately to exclude Pietro from the conversation. ↩
Blanche Boyd married Lord Henry Paget (later 5th Marquess of Anglesey); Berthe Boyd had been romantically linked to the Duke of Hamilton. Both are acquaintances in Marie's social orbit. The mention of the Duke of Hamilton triggers the emotional crisis that dominates the rest of the entry. ↩
Frappez et on ouvrira, demandez et on donnera — "Knock and it shall be opened unto you, ask and it shall be given" (Matthew 7:7). Marie quotes the Vulgate/French Bible in her prayer. In the original. ↩
This line appears to be a cipher or intentionally obscured address notation in the original manuscript — possibly the heading of the letter to her father. Not decoded in the source. ↩
Comte B. = Comte Bruschetti, who has been proposing marriage throughout carnet 055. ↩
Comte A. = Pietro Antonelli, nephew of Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli. Marie conceals both names behind initials in her letter to her father. ↩
Gloriae Cupiditas — Latin: "Desire for Glory" / "Lust for Glory." Marie's personal motto, here written as a kind of colophon to the carnet. In the original. ↩
H.G.t.D.o.H. — "His Grace the Duke of Hamilton." The abbreviation is in English in the original. Marie closes the carnet with this coded declaration of her true aspiration. In the original. ↩
Livre 56ème — "56th book." This and the following paragraph are the heading of carnet 056, which Marie writes at the close of carnet 055 as a colophon, noting the dates and location of the next notebook. ↩
portière — the door or window of a carriage; Bruschetti has ridden up to speak to Marie through her carriage window. ↩
contessina — Italian: "little countess," a teasing diminutive. Torlonia mockingly addresses Marie as the future Countess Bruschetti. In the original. ↩
trattoria — Italian: a modest eating-house or restaurant. In the original. ↩