# Endnotes explained — The Just Men of Cordova

> Chapter companion for The Just Men of Cordova by Edgar Wallace.

## 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 lines

> 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._

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