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Père Rodolphe: a familiar nickname for Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907), founder of the Académie Julian, Marie's art school. "Père" (father) was an affectionate form of address. ↩
Ricard: almost certainly Dr. Philippe Ricord (1800–1889), a famous Parisian specialist in venereal diseases. Marie's suggestion that her illness originated in "something corrupt in the blood" from her father's pre-marital illness is a coded reference to congenital syphilis, which she has never disclosed to any physician but which she suspects is the source of her deteriorating health. ↩