Poznámky
Gloriae cupiditate: Latin, "thirst for glory" — a phrase Marie uses repeatedly as a kind of personal motto. ↩
A marshal of the nobility (maréchal de noblesse) was an elected representative of the provincial nobility in the Russian Empire — a rank that would lend social standing at court and in society. ↩
This is the key self-revelation of the whole episode, echoing the annotation at 062.0380 (17 June): "I never loved him — I loved someone invisible who had loved me." ↩