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Reboux — famous Parisian milliner (hatmaker), who made hats for the Empress Eugénie. Caroline — celebrated Parisian couturière. ↩
Embellisseurs — "beautifiers"; Marie's ironic collective term for dressmakers, milliners, and hairdressers. ↩
Le Bois — the Bois de Boulogne; fashionable Parisian society's promenade destination. ↩
"Him" — Napoleon I; Marie's ardent Bonapartism runs throughout the diary. She regards his downfall as the betrayal of a genius by an unworthy nation. ↩
Landau — a four-wheeled enclosed carriage with a convertible top, named after the German town of Landau. ↩
Panier — a small light carriage; literally "basket." ↩
Duke of Montpensier — Antoine d'Orléans, son of King Louis-Philippe; with Spanish royal connections through his wife. ↩
Queen Isabella — Isabella II, deposed Queen of Spain (1868), living in Parisian exile. ↩