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This chapter contains the endnotes for the book, providing references and explanatory notes for terms and events mentioned in the text.
What happens
This chapter contains the endnotes for the book, providing references and explanatory notes for terms and events mentioned in the text.
Key passages
“See The Gondreville Mystery . ↩”
Refer to the novel The Gondreville Mystery.
Cross-reference to another work.
“See The Choauns . ↩”
Refer to the novel The Chouans.
Cross-reference to another work.
“Un lièvre. ↩”
A hare.
French phrase translated.
“Le lierre. ↩”
The ivy.
French phrase translated.
“Charles X on his way to England. ↩”
Charles X traveling to England.
Historical reference.
“A trial for an offence of this kind in France is an action brought by a private person ( partie civile ) to recover damages, and at the same time a criminal prosecution conducted on behalf of the Government. — Tr.”
In France, such a trial involves a private individual suing for damages while the government also prosecutes criminally.
Translator's note explaining legal procedure.