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そうして将校の部屋に行くべく木に登るものの、 窓まで伸びていた木の枝は切られてしまっている

The "の" is followed by a "," So my first guess of it being the feminine
version of "よ" doesn't seem correct. Is there a place where it could mean
"but?"
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grammar translation particles set-phrases parsing
Other uses for の?
This is a specific grammatical construction, where ものの is used after a verb.
The basic meaning is "although, however, even though".

Relevant bilingual entries:

  * WWWJDIC via the Monash University mirror  
<http://nihongo.monash.edu/cgi-bin/wwwjdic?1MUJ%E3%82%82%E3%81%AE%E3%81%AE>

  * Weblio EJJE  
<https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E3%82%82%E3%81%AE%E3%81%AE>

  * Eijirō  
<https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%E3%82%82%E3%81%AE%E3%81%AE>

  * Wiktionary  
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%82%82%E3%81%AE%E3%81%AE>

  * Jisho.org  
<https://jisho.org/search/%E3%82%82%E3%81%AE%E3%81%AE>  
→ Ignore the sample sentence shown here, it is not correctly illustrating this
construction.
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