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Desk

This object once belonged to the Grand Duke. It has hidden compartments where the protagonist has hidden gold coins.

Hotel Passkey

This object is given as a gift from Nina to the Count for Christmas before she begins school.

The Essays of Montaigne

This book reappears throughout the novel and is used at one point to support a bureau that is missing a leg. Later, it is used to transport gold coins to Sofia after her escape to the American embassy in Paris.

Bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape

This object is brought as a gift by Mishka to the Count in order to share a toast to the Grand Duke on the tenth anniversary of his death.

Honey

Abram shares this with the Count on the night that the Count prepares to commit suicide.

Twice-Tolling Clock

This object was commissioned by the Count's father and represents the passage...

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