# Endnotes explained — Ursule Mirouët

> Chapter companion for Ursule Mirouët by Honoré de Balzac.

## What happens

The endnotes provide brief explanatory notes and cross-references, including a comment on the untranslatability of Madame Crémière's 'capsulingies' and a reference to 'The Ball at Sceaux.'

## Character check-ins

### Madame Crémière

Mentioned in a note about her untranslatable 'capsulingies.'

## Key lines

> Madame Crémière’s capsulingies are impossible to translate; an equivalent is all that can be attempted.

Madame Crémière's peculiar expressions cannot be directly translated, so only an approximation is provided.

_Explains the translator's approach to a specific linguistic challenge._

> See “The Ball at Sceaux.”

Refer to the story 'The Ball at Sceaux.'

_Directs the reader to another work for further context._

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