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Adelina Patti (1843–1919): the greatest soprano of her generation, who gave celebrated concert seasons in Paris in 1881. Marie chose to attend her performances rather than travel to Italy. ↩
La Môle: Joseph-Boniface de La Môle, the romantic hero of Alexandre Dumas's La Reine Margot (1845). The Vicomte de Bragelonne is the young hero of Dumas's Le Vicomte de Bragelonne (1847–50). Both are ideal types of noble, gallant young men — which makes them, in Marie's view, slightly tedious. ↩