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Back Parts

1 passage in the novel carry this mark, in the order they appear.

Thou shalt see my back parts, my tail, he seems to say, but my face shall not be seen. But I cannot completely make out his back parts; and hint what he will about his face, I say again he has no face.

Chapter 86, The Tail · verse 23

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