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The first two Books of this edition will be devoted to Princess Fuse’s story. This being so, the heading for Chapter X in the Inaugural Volume [“IGNORING A BAN, TAKANORI LOSES A WOMAN; SLITTING HER BELLY, PRINCESS FUSE LOOSES EIGHT DOG CHILDREN”] properly belongs to ...
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The first two Books of this edition will be devoted to Princess Fuse’s story.
This being so, the heading for Chapter X in the Inaugural Volume [“IGNORING A BAN, TAKANORI LOSES A WOMAN; SLITTING HER BELLY, PRINCESS FUSE LOOSES EIGHT DOG CHILDREN”] properly belongs to .
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