Poznámky
The Pré Catalan: a fashionable café-restaurant in the Bois de Boulogne, popular with the society crowd for afternoon tea and refreshments. It is still operating today. ↩
"The innocent Isabelle": Marie's ironic nickname for Queen Isabella II of Spain (1830–1904), whose personal life had been notoriously scandalous before and during her reign. The contrast with the costume-ball crowd amuses Marie. ↩