FOOTNOTES:
[1]. This means literally to put the numeral X instead of the numeral V (formerly U); hence it means to double a number unfairly, to exaggerate, humbug, cheat.—Tr.
[2]. An allusion to Schiller's poem: "The Veiled Image of Sais."—Tr.
[3]. Translated by Miss M. D. Petre.
[4]. A and O, suggestive of Ah! and Oh! refer of course to Alpha and Omega, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet.—Tr.
[5]. Translated by Miss M. D. Petre.
[6]. Translated by Miss M. D. Petre.
[7]. Allusions to the song of Clara in Goethe's "Egmont."—TR.
[8]. Schiller's poem, "The Veiled Image of Sais," is again referred to here.—Tr.
[9]. This means that true love does not look for reciprocity.—Tr.