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P. 989. Frank is transfixed by the face of this Angel.....a face of beaten gold, taken into a realm proper more to ceremonial masks.....yet a face he recognized (in italics)......
Which speaks to him....

Evidently about his recent brush with death via locomotive...

Angel of Death?........the beaten gold = money allusion

This angel any relation to any of Rilke's?
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