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AIMÉ. Headwaiter at the Grand Hotel, Balbec: II 347–48, 363, 366–67, 373–74. Charlus sends for him at night: 473–74. His views on the Dreyfus Case: 527–28. Headwaiter at a restaurant in Paris: III 201; waits on M, Saint-Loup and Rachel; his attractive and distinguished looks; Rachel’s interest in him, and Robert’s jealousy; Charlus’s ploy: 218–25. Back in Balbec: IV 233; the Princesse de Parme’s tip: 254–55; his appreciation of moneyed clients: 306–7. His role in Nissim Bernard’s relations with a young waiter: 330–31, 343–44. Conversations with M; relations with clients (“business first”); his letter from Charlus: 527–34. His familiarity with the chauffeur: 536–37, and interest in the chauffeur’s tip: 576. His pleasure in M’s special dinners: 658. His remembered remarks about Albertine exacerbate M’s jealousy; M sends him a photograph of Esther Levy for identification: V 103–7, 491–92. Sent by M to Balbec to make inquiries about Albertine’s behaviour in a bathing establishment: 664; his letter: 692–702. Sent by M to Touraine; second letter with revelations concerning Albertine’s relations with the laundry-girls: 706–8, 714. His revelations concerning Saint-Loup: 926–28.
A.J. See Moreau, A. J.
ALBARET, Céleste. Lady’s-maid in the Grand Hotel, with whom M strikes up a friendship during his second visit to Balbec: IV 331–37. Brichot gives the etymology of her name: 448. Her grief at M’s departure: 716. Her strange linguistic genius: V 12–13, 167.
ALBERT. See Guastalla, Albert, Duc de.
ALBERTINE Simonet. Niece of M. and Mme Bontemps; at school with Gilberte; “the famous Albertine”: II 116. Her insolence, according to her aunt: 237–38. M misses the opportunity of meeting her: 277–78. Her first appearance among the “little band” at Balbec—“a girl with brilliant, laughing eyes and plump, matt cheeks, a black polo-cap … pushing a bicycle”: 503–12. The name “Simonet”: 520–21, 528, 540–41, 579–80. Is she the girl M sees with an English governess?: 557–58. M sees her from a window of Elstir’s studio; her beauty spot; Elstir identifies her; her social position: 577–82. The different Albertines: 596–98. M introduced to her at Elstir’s: 614–22. Location of the beauty spot: 618, 622, 624–25. Conversation with her on the esplanade; her jaunty slang: 623–29. Encounters with Andrée, Octave, the d’Ambresacs; her taste and intelligence: 631–36. Plays “diabolo”: 637 (cf. 695). Her attitude to Gisèle: 637–40. Her hair: 641. Cycling in the rain: 645 (cf. V 658–59). Her craze for amusement: 647. Discusses dress with Elstir: 653–55. Her attitude to Bloch’s sisters: 659. Her voice and vocabulary: 666–68. Her note to M: “I like you very much”: 670. Her reaction to Gisèle’s essay: 670–73. The game of “ferret”: 680–85. Her hands: 680–81. Her ringing laughter, “somehow indecent” like the cooing of doves or certain animal cries: 681 (cf. IV 243, 264, 348, 705; V 152, 165, 226). Her kindness: 687–88. “I knew now that I was in love with Albertine”: 689–94. In her room at the hotel; the rejected kiss: 697–701. Her charm and attraction and social success: 702–7. “The multiple utilisation of a single action”: 707. Explains her refusal to allow M to kiss her; the little gold pencil: 710–11. The moral esteem she inspires in M, and the consequences thereof: 712–13. Her changing face: 718–20. Her abrupt departure from Balbec: 724. Visits M in Paris; changes in her appearance and vocabulary; allows him to make love to her; her frankness and simplicity: III 479–506. Second visit; accompanies M to the island in the Bois and to Saint-Cloud: 529–33. M gives her a box for Phèdre and arranges to meet her after the Prince de Guermantes’s party: IV 61, 138, 148, 168–70. He anxiously awaits her return: 174–77; her telephone call: 177–81; her visit: 181–87. Denies knowing Gilberte Swann: 186 (cf. V 20, 506–7). At