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Old 12-16-2019, 12:39 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Katsunami View Post
Hi,

In the older classics, I often encounter underscores where names, dates or times should have been. See an example in the screenshot.

Why is that?

I can't imagine a writer protecting the privacy of cities or people that don't even exist outside of his own book.
At the end of the page:

"The reader will understand, ere he close this narrative, my reason for concealing all clue to the district of which I write, and will perhaps thank me for refraining from any description that may tend to its discovery."
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