In Joe Hart's Obscura, at two points when Dr. Gillian Ryan visits Dr. Eric Ander's office/dwelling, the narrative mentions a French phrase that is prominently visible.
On the farthest wall was an immense flat screen that stretched from floor to ceiling and at least twenty feet across. At the moment, a scrawl of French was displayed there, the phrase somewhat familiar but escaping her at the moment.1
and
Inside the lights were low, the large sectional couches slabs of shadow. The same phrase in French she'd seen the first time floated on the main display.2
As far as I can tell it's never explicitly revealed what this French phrase said, nor are there any clearly marked indications as to its content. But it seems odd to have lampshaded it so heavily just to leave it dangling, and it felt like the kind of thing that I was meant to be able to intuit. Did I miss clues? Is the reader supposed to know what this phrase was, and if so, what was it?
1 p. 174 in my Kindle version
2 p. 240 ibid.
