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The Footsteps at the Lock · Chapter

Dedication explained

A brief dedication to David, in memory of the Uncas.

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A brief dedication to David, in memory of the Uncas.

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This excerpt is the dramatic climax because it reveals the full psychological reversal: the narrator, previous…

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