# Epigraph explained — The Mirror of the Sea

> Chapter companion for The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad.

## What happens

The chapter opens with an epigraph from Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae, expressing profound trouble over a miracle or wonder.

## Key lines

> for this miracle or this wonder troubleth me right gretly.

This miracle or wonder greatly disturbs me.

_Epigraph from Boethius, setting a tone of philosophical unease._

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