The Just Men of Cordova · Chapter
Endnotes explained
The endnotes provide brief annotations on references within the story, including the pricing of seats at a bullfight, the omission of a poison name from the serialized version at the author's discretion, and a slang term for a detective.
What happens
The endnotes provide brief annotations on references within the story, including the pricing of seats at a bullfight, the omission of a poison name from the serialized version at the author's discretion, and a slang term for a detective.
Key passages
“At a bullfight the seats in the sun are the cheaper, those in the shade being double the price.”
At bullfights, sun-exposed seats cost less, while shaded seats are twice as expensive.
Explains a cultural reference about bullfight seating.
“It has been represented to the author (and he agrees) that it is wholly undesirable that the name of this drug should appear in a work of fiction.”
The author was advised and concurred that naming the drug in a novel is inappropriate.
Justifies the removal of a poison name from the serialized story.
“Busy: a busy fellow, detective.”
The term 'busy' is slang for a detective.
Defines a colloquial term used in the story.