# Endnotes explained — The Jealousies of a Country Town

> Chapter companion for The Jealousies of a Country Town by Honoré de Balzac.

## What happens

This chapter contains the endnotes for the book, providing references and explanatory notes for terms and events mentioned in the text.

## Key lines

> 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._

> Camus , flat-nosed. ↩

Camus means flat-nosed.

_Etymology or meaning of a name._

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