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Monsieur de La Pérouse

An old music master, Edouard's acquaintance.

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Also known as Monsieur de La, La Pérouse, old La Pérouse

First appearance: XIII: Edouard’s Journal: First Visit to La Pérouse

Monsieur de La Pérouse shows up with force in XIII: Edouard’s Journal: First Visit to La Pérouse. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Aged and distressed; reveals his sense of being duped and his love for his unseen grandson Boris.

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In XIII: Edouard’s Journal: First Visit to La Pérouse: Aged and distressed; reveals his sense of being duped and his love for his unseen grandson Boris.

Later, in XVIII: Edouard’s Journal: Second Visit to La Pérouse: Edouard's second visit; he is in a state of marital misery, entrusts Edouard with a sealed envelope and asks him to visit his grandson in Saas-Fée.

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XIII: Edouard’s Journal: First Visit to La Pérouse
Aged and distressed; reveals his sense of being duped and his love for his unseen grandson Boris.
XVIII: Edouard’s Journal: Second Visit to La Pérouse
Edouard's second visit; he is in a state of marital misery, entrusts Edouard with a sealed envelope and asks him to visit his grandson in Saas-Fée.
Edouard's Journal: Conversation with Sophroniska
Mentioned as Boris's grandfather; Edouard promised to bring Boris to Paris.
III: Edouard’s Journal: Third Visit to La Pérouse
In deep despair, pretending to be dead, reveals suicidal thoughts and his belief that God controls his actions.
XVI: Edouard Warns George
Struggling as a supervisor at the pension; complains to Edouard about his insomnia and a mysterious noise in his room.
XIX: Boris
La Pérouse is the teacher and Boris's grandfather; he witnesses the suicide helplessly, frozen and trembling.
XX: Edouard's Journal
Grieves Boris's death, speaks mystically about silence and God's cruelty; Edouard visits him.

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