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The Trevi Fountain ritual described here — drinking the water, breaking the glass, throwing a coin — is the 19th-century version of the tradition. Marie performs it on her last day in Rome before departing for Naples. ↩
"Frère Émile" — one of the Antonelli brothers (Pietro's sibling), with whom Marie also had a passing romantic interest during her time in Rome. ↩
Don Clemente — Spanish/Italian honorific for Torlonia (Clement). "Don" is used here in the Italian/Spanish noble form of address. ↩
Marie had previously written a long satirical poem about Audiffret; Issaïevitch is apparently carrying a copy to post from Vienna on his way home. ↩
"Paris" appears to be Marie's private code or nickname for Yourkoff, the family's long-serving Russian theater actor and protégé of Nina's husband. The full story is elaborated in the following paragraph. ↩
Le vicomte de Bragelonne (1847–50) — Dumas's final volume of the Three Musketeers cycle, famous for its ideal of absolute loyalty, honour, and romantic devotion. Marie uses it throughout as her touchstone for authentic feeling. ↩
«non plus» — Marie's adaptation, likely of the Latin nec plus ultra ("nothing further beyond"), meaning the absolute pinnacle or extreme. Per LAN note, this may be a playful error or deliberate hybrid. ↩