# Endnotes explained — The Crystal Stopper

> Chapter companion for The Crystal Stopper by Maurice Leblanc.

## What happens

The endnotes provide translator's notes and references to other works in the Arsène Lupin series, clarifying historical and cultural details mentioned in the main text.

## Key lines

> The name given to the brigands in the Vendée, who tortured their victims with fire to make them confess where their money was hidden.

Brigands in the Vendée region were known for burning victims to force them to reveal hidden money.

_Translator's note explaining a historical reference._

> These are the only two mainline stations in Paris with the word de in their name. The others have du , as the Gare du Nord or the Gare du Luxembourg , d’ as the Gare d’Orleans , or no participle at all, as the Gare Saint-Lazare or the Gare Montparnasse .

Only two Paris mainline stations use 'de' in their names; others use 'du', 'd'', or no preposition.

_Translator's note on French station naming conventions._

> The department of the French excise which holds the monopoly for the manufacture and sale of tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and matches.

The French excise department has a monopoly on producing and selling tobacco products and matches.

_Translator's note explaining a French government monopoly._

> The Cross of Lorraine is a cross with two horizontal lines or bars across the upper half of the perpendicular beam.

The Cross of Lorraine features two horizontal bars on the upper part of the vertical beam.

_Translator's note describing the symbol._

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