# Mercredi 14 février 1877
Poznámky
lazzaroni — the Neapolitan poor, historically associated with street life; the term carries both condescending and fond connotations depending on context. ↩
interdit — legally interdicted: a court order placing an adult under guardianship, typically for prodigality or incapacity; Larderel had evidently been under such constraint due to his debts. ↩
coquine — literally a minx or rogue; used here as a euphemism for a kept mistress. ↩
stenco di tenerla — Italian: "weary of keeping her" (maintaining the mistress). ↩
ma ha avuto vergna — Italian (Neapolitan dialect): "but he was ashamed/embarrassed." ↩
La Traviata (1853) — Verdi's opera whose heroine Violetta is a courtesan who sacrifices her love. Marie ironically compares La Righi, Larderel's Milanese singer-mistress, to the doomed Violetta. ↩