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The institute: the Imperial Institute for Young Ladies (Institut blagorodnykh devits), the boarding school system for daughters of Russian noble families, with establishments in major Russian cities. Julie would have been enrolled in the Kiev branch. ↩
The "two liars of Marseille": a reference to a well-known French comic anecdote about the inhabitants of Marseille being incorrigible boasters and story-tellers. If they see a crowd running, they join it — and then invent what caused the commotion. The whale blocking the harbour was a classic example. ↩
Doenhoff: a Prussian nobleman in royal service, evidently acquainted with the Bashkirtseff family from their Paris or Nice travels. He appears briefly here; his bouquets and titled equipage impress Marie's father considerably. ↩