The A.F.R. mirror-ambush plan
After Rémy Marathe and Ossowiecke, and Balbalis also, they all reported back negatively for all signs of this veiled performer, M. Fortier and Marathe threw into an effect this finally most drastic of the operations for the locating of the Master Entertainment. This was to acquire members of the immediate family of the auteur, perhaps in public.
Context
The A.F.R.'s search tree for the Master, 19 November: the veiled performer (Joelle) has gone dark, so the operation escalates to "members of the immediate family of the auteur" — the hunt for a film now proceeds by acquiring its maker's relatives, the cast-and-crew genealogy treated as a map to the print. Ties the E.T.A.-invasion plot directly to the filmography: the family is operationally valuable only because of who held the camera.