Poznámky
Marie subverts the famous saying «Voir Naples et mourir» (See Naples and die) from the previous entry — now she has seen it and can confirm: yes, beautiful enough to die for. The transformation from cliché to lived experience. ↩
The Accademia — Naples' exclusive noble club, equivalent to Paris's Jockey-Club or Nice's Cercle Masséna. Membership was restricted to the titled nobility. ↩
Altamura's father was a banker — not nobility — which suddenly renders the whole afternoon socially compromised in Marie's eyes. ↩
"Plobsters" — Marie's word, obscure; possibly an approximation of English "lobsters" used colloquially for idle, red-faced aristocrats, or a Neapolitan dialect word. ↩
"Petruccio" — diminutive of Pietro, used here as a type-name for idle young nobleman (per LAN note). ↩