[78] Brother of Prince Anatole Demidoff, who married Princesse Mathilde, aunt of the Princes Victor and Louis Napoleon.
[79] “Sornette.”
[80] It was this old soldier whose support was so anxiously sought by Napoleon III. after Sedan.
[81] Mme. (Edmond) de Pourtalès is (1911) the sole survivor of these four charmeuses.
[82] The wealthy gentleman who adopted the Baron de Forest as his son.
[83] One of the heroes of the historical cavalry charge at Sedan.
[84] Daughter of Baron Lionel, sister of Lord Rothschild, and widow of Baron Alphonse. She died on January 6, 1911.
[85] Needless to say, Sunday is the great race-day in Paris: the reason why “the Prince”—the King—of happy memory never witnessed the contest for the Grand Prix.
[86] In other words, the question of protecting the Pope.
[87] The Prince Imperial’s so-called “baptism of fire.”