- Je ne sais vouement pas.
Poznámky
Altamura's dialect gibberish, reproduced phonetically by Marie. ↩
Henry Litolff (1818–1891) — Franco-British pianist and composer; his fileuse (spinning-wheel étude) was a parlour-favourite of virtuosic difficulty, requiring relentless right-hand figuration. ↩
In English in the original. ↩
En v'là un genre! — Parisian working-class slang: "Now there's a type for you!" — dismissive contempt. ↩
Marie's draft Italian telegram: "Florence, Count Alessandro Larderei — 6,000 lire at his convenience, his conditions when [he comes to] Naples." ↩
"Reply expected immediately at the Rosati Office." The telegram was never sent. ↩
Dante, Inferno II.127–129: the simile of flowers drooping in night frost and reviving in morning sun — here Marie reverses it, wilting rather than blooming. ↩
Marie refers to a Figaro article that apparently reported on her family or her own social missteps in a damaging way; the specifics are unclear. ↩