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“Porque Herthe Leo Vast gostava de pensar que era por aí que o corpo havia começado: pelas unhas. E não era por acaso que, segundo lhe haviam descrito, as unhas seriam também as últimas a deixar de crescer no corpo morto. Uma circunferência exacta.”

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