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The Old Man in the Corner · Chapter

Dedication explained

The author dedicates the book to their dear Uncle and Aunt, Count and Countess Wass of Czege, in remembrance of happy days spent in Transylvania in October 1908.

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The author dedicates the book to their dear Uncle and Aunt, Count and Countess Wass of Czege, in remembrance of happy days spent in Transylvania in October 1908.

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