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- What I contend for is the authenticity of the outline.Introductory (71% in)
- Others contended that the stigma had not been produced until a long time subsequent, when old Roger Chillingworth, being a potent necromancer, had caused it to appear, through the agency of magic and poisonous drugs.Chapter 24 -- Conclusion (6% in)
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