FOOTNOTES:
[1] There is a pun here in the French impossible to render in English.
[2] Manon Lescaut.
[3] Successive landlords have more or less spoilt this fine dwelling. The grand staircase is almost the only part intact, and it is a marvel. The carving is by Martin Desjardins, and the oval courtyard retains some of its ancient grace.
[4] A word here meaning ultra-naturalistic, broadly satirical.