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This chapter contains endnotes referencing a post and the word 'Laure' with a pun on 'l'or' (gold).

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This chapter contains endnotes referencing a post and the word 'Laure' with a pun on 'l'or' (gold).

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Key passages

  • “Potelet , a post.”

    Potelet refers to a post.

    Clarification of the term 'Potelet'.

  • “Laure ( l’or ).”

    Laure is a pun on the French word for gold, 'l'or'.

    Wordplay on the name Laure and gold.