[5] About £500, nominally.
[6] In Germany, thou du, is only used between near relations, lovers, very intimate friends, to children, servants, &c.—TRANSLATOR.
[7] A Castle, now a well-preserved ruin, in the Giant Mountains in N. Germany. The legend is that its mistress, Kunigerude, vowed to marry nobody except the Knight who should ride round the parapet of the Castle, and many perished in the attempt. At last one of them succeeded in performing the feat, but he merely sternly rebuked her, and took his leave. He was accompanied by his wife, disguised as his page, according to some versions of the legend.—TRANSLATOR.
[8] A great institution in France, and especially in Paris, at which black puddings are an indispensable dish.—TRANSLATOR.
[9] £2
[10] At Waterloo, General Cambronne is reported to have said, when called on to surrender:—The Guard dies, but does not surrender. But according to Victor Hugo, in Les Miserables, he used the expression Merde! which cannot be put into English fit for ears polite.—TRANSLATOR.
[11] In France, Civil Marriage is compulsory, though frequently followed by the religious rite.—TRANSLATOR.
[12] Black Grapes.
[13] A French imitation of German Lager Beer.