The Eight Strokes of the Clock · Character
Madame de Gorne
The wife of Mathias de Gorne.
minor
Also known as old de Gorne
First appearance: i on the top of the tower
Madame de Gorne shows up with force in The Case of Jean Louis. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as one of the mothers (likely a confusion in the text; not directly appearing in this chapter).
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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See Madame de Gorne in i on the top of the tower