[7] Vulgar for Monsieur.

[8] Prison in Paris.

[9] Work-girl, a name applied to those whose virtue is not too rigorous.—TRANSLATOR.

[10] This manuscript was found among the papers of Viscount Jacques de X—— who committed suicide a few years ago, in his room in an hotel at Piombières.—R.M.

[11] Civil marriages are obligatory in France, though usually followed by the religious rite.—TRANSLATOR.