[1] Mr Gilfil’s Love Story (Scenes of Clerical Life – 2) by George Eliot.

[2] Janet’s Repentance is one of the three stories collected under the title Scenes of Clerical Life and was the last of her shorter stories by George Eliot.

[3] The Cabinet Minister is an 1890 comedy play by the British writer Arthur Wing Pinero. A cabinet minister spends well beyond his means, leading to massive debts.

[4] Niels Wilhelm Gade was a Danish composer, conductor, violinist, organist and teacher. He is considered the most important Danish musician of his day.