Endnotes + 

I hazard “Headbreaker” and “Hamstringer” as poor equivalents for the Casse-Tête and Coupe-Jarret of the French. —⁠Translator ↩ + 

The reputation which the Seigneur de Pleumartin has left behind him in the province will preserve the story of Mauprat from the reproach of exaggeration. Pen would refuse to trace the savage obscenities and refinements of cruelty which marked the life of this madman, and which perpetuated the traditions of feudal brigandage in Berry down to the last days of the ancient monarchy. His château was besieged, and after a stubborn resistance he was taken and hanged. There are many people still living, nor yet very advanced in years, who knew the man. ↩ + 