# Endnotes explained — The Hollow Needle

> Chapter companion for The Hollow Needle by Maurice Leblanc.

## What happens

The endnotes provide references to other works by Maurice Leblanc, including plays and novels featuring Arsène Lupin, as well as a note on the origins of Étretat and a translator's note on the toise measurement.

## Character check-ins

### Arsène Lupin

Referenced as the central figure in the cited works by Maurice Leblanc.

### Holmlock Shears

Mentioned in the title of a referenced work, 'Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes'.

## Key lines

> Arsène Lupin , play in three acts and four scenes, by Maurice Leblanc and Francis de Croisset.

A play about Arsène Lupin, co-written by Maurice Leblanc and Francis de Croisset, consisting of three acts and four scenes.

_This is a reference to a theatrical adaptation of the Lupin stories._

> The toise, or fathom, measured 1.949 metres. —⁠Translator’s Note

The translator explains that the toise, a unit of length also called a fathom, is equivalent to 1.949 metres.

_This note clarifies a historical measurement used in the text._

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