[96]: In a later edition Jean Paul substitutes for Schein-tod (sham death) a half French word, Postiche-tod (supposititious death).—Tr.
[97]: "On whose board he had a stone," literally,—a proverb for being in one's good graces.—Tr.
[98]: There is an inconsistency in date of month here with p. 135.—Tr.
[99]: The dog as well as myself know what island that is, but no more.
[100]: "Burning-chambers," a name originally given to the place for judging criminals of state belonging to illustrious families. The room was lined with black, and lighted with flambeaux. Originated with Francis I. in 1535, in his persecution of heretics.—Tr.
[101]: Plebeian.—Tr.
[102]: One at hearing from Emanuel, the other at seeing Clotilda.—Tr.
[103]: Red drops fall from butterflies in their last transformation, which they used to call bloody rain.
[104]: When one looks a long time into the blue of heaven, it begins to undulate, and these waves in the air one imagines in childhood to be angels at play.
[105]: This monologue is a fragment from an earlier dark hour, such as every heart of sensibility once suffers.