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Johannes Zillmann 55ae236928 Improve header detection
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{"page":13,"change":"none","str":"CHAPTER TWO ","dir":"ltr","width":"105.73","height":"13.50","transform":["13.50","0.00","0.00","13.50","146.82","441.42"],"x":146.82,"y":441.42}
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{"page":55,"change":"none","str":"the Byfleet Golf Links. ","dir":"ltr","width":"114.25","height":"12.00","transform":["12.00","0.00","0.00","12.00","175.92","324.48"],"x":175.91999999999996,"y":324.48}
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{"page":56,"change":"none","str":"n a rabbit Snippy. ","dir":"ltr","width":"92.31","height":"12.00","transform":["12.00","0.00","0.00","12.00","160.26","158.88"],"x":160.26000000000002,"y":158.88}
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{"page":57,"change":"none","str":"Octopuses, said he, thats what I calls em. Talk ","dir":"ltr","width":"272.42","height":"12.00","transform":["12.00","0.00","0.00","12.00","72.00","456.96"],"x":71.99999999999999,"y":456.96000000000004}
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{"page":57,"change":"none","str":"It aint no murder killing beasts like that, said the ","dir":"ltr","width":"271.84","height":"12.00","transform":["12.00","0.00","0.00","12.00","72.00","423.84"],"x":72,"y":423.84000000000003}
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{"page":57,"change":"none","str":"man. You carn tell what they ","dir":"ltr","width":"156.66","height":"12.00","transform":["12.00","0.00","0.00","12.00","186.48","374.16"],"x":186.48,"y":374.16}
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{"page":57,"change":"none","str":"Horsell and Chobham church towers were in the hands of ","dir":"ltr","width":"284.31","height":"12.00","transform":["12.00","0.00","0.00","12.00","57.60","192.00"],"x":57.599999999999994,"y":192}
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{"page":225,"change":"none","str":"e cellar door. Then silence ","dir":"ltr","width":"134.84","height":"12.00","transform":["12.00","0.00","0.00","12.00","207.54","456.96"],"x":207.54,"y":456.96000000000004}
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{"page":237,"change":"none","str":"my flight to Leatherhead. I ","dir":"ltr","width":"150.00","height":"12.00","transform":["12.00","0.00","0.00","12.00","57.60","349.26"],"x":57.599999999999994,"y":349.26}
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{"page":237,"change":"none","str":"ese monsters. I slept little. ","dir":"ltr","width":"132.10","height":"12.00","transform":["12.00","0.00","0.00","12.00","210.12","117.48"],"x":210.12,"y":117.47999999999996}
{"page":237,"change":"none","str":"As I lay in bed I found myself","dir":"ltr","width":"144.51","height":"12.00","transform":["12.00","0.00","0.00","12.00","57.60","100.92"],"x":57.599999999999994,"y":100.91999999999996}
{"page":237,"change":"none","str":" think- ing consecutively—a ","dir":"ltr","width":"139.41","height":"12.00","transform":["12.00","0.00","0.00","12.00","202.02","100.92"],"x":202.02,"y":100.91999999999996}
{"page":237,"change":"none","str":"thing I do not remember to have done since my last ","dir":"ltr","width":"287.26","height":"12.00","transform":["12.00","0.00","0.00","12.00","57.60","84.36"],"x":57.599999999999994,"y":84.35999999999996}
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{"page":238,"change":"none","str":"r again, and I thought. ","dir":"ltr","width":"109.01","height":"12.00","transform":["12.00","0.00","0.00","12.00","155.58","390.72"],"x":155.57999999999998,"y":390.72}
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{"page":238,"change":"none","str":"the fire and smoke that ","dir":"ltr","width":"138.57","height":"12.00","transform":["12.00","0.00","0.00","12.00","207.96","125.76"],"x":207.95999999999995,"y":125.75999999999999}
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{"page":238,"change":"none","str":"im chance had taken no ","dir":"ltr","width":"135.35","height":"12.00","transform":["12.00","0.00","0.00","12.00","209.88","92.70"],"x":209.87999999999997,"y":92.69999999999999}
{"page":238,"change":"none","str":"heed of that. Had I foreseen, I should have left him at ","dir":"ltr","width":"286.12","height":"12.00","transform":["12.00","0.00","0.00","12.00","57.60","76.14"],"x":57.599999999999966,"y":76.13999999999999}
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{"page":246,"change":"none","str":"e first certainty. Eh? ","dir":"ltr","width":"108.32","height":"12.00","transform":["12.00","0.00","0.00","12.00","187.62","142.32"],"x":187.62,"y":142.32}
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