Poznámky
Russian restaurant (cabaret russe): one of several Russian restaurants then operating in Paris, frequented by the Russian expatriate community. ↩
In English in the original. Marie uses the English slang "gangster" in the sense of a prodigious eater. ↩
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78, fought over the Balkans; Russia was progressing slowly against Ottoman resistance, prompting public anxiety in Saint Petersburg and among Russian expatriates. ↩