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Modeste Mignon · Chapter
Endnotes explained
This chapter contains only endnotes referencing an obscure clerk and the phrase 'Gold and iron.'
What happens
This chapter contains only endnotes referencing an obscure clerk and the phrase 'Gold and iron.'
Key passages
“The obscure clerk.”
A reference to a minor, unnamed clerk.
Endnote 1
“Gold and iron.”
A reference to wealth and strength or perhaps contrasting materials.
Endnote 2