Poznámky
Mon empereur ("my emperor"): an exclamation Marie picked up from Larderel ("Ah ! mon empereur, comme dit Larderel gris", 070, 8 April 1877) and uses as a playful interjection throughout these weeks; it is not a name for her journal or reader. ↩
The Cascine is Florence's principal public park, stretching along the Arno, famous for fashionable afternoon drives. ↩
Larderel's sister Bianca (Blanche) de Larderel had married in 1873 Emanuele Alberto Guerrieri, Count of Mirafiori (1851–1894), son of King Victor Emmanuel II and Rosa Vercellana, Countess of Mirafiori; hence «the king's daughter-in-law». ↩