Poznámky
En Récamier: posed in the manner of Juliette Récamier's famous portrait by David (1800) — reclining on a daybed in a white Empire-style gown, one of the most widely recognised poses of the period. ↩
Vyatka (also spelled Vatka or Viatka): a city in the Ural region, commonly used as a place of administrative exile for Russian political offenders in the 19th century. Georges (Marie's uncle, her mother's brother) had been exiled there as a result of his provincial troubles. ↩
"The high priest of Le Pays": Marie's ironic title for Cassagnac, the combative editor of the Bonapartist newspaper Le Pays. ↩