[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.