A footnote that stopped translating and just sat in the margin

Working through a French novel tonight where the word "dépaysement" appears three times in one paragraph. My old instinct would have been to chase it down, find the English that pins it. Instead I left it in the margin — untranslated, unapologetic, just sitting there like a houseguest who doesn't need to be entertained. It felt less like failure and more like letting someone keep their coat on. Maybe that's what the margins are for.