Might be the manuscript he’s using. There seems to have been a trend during that era to crop out names, dates, & locations in books. I’ve spotted it in at least

Might be the manuscript he’s using. There seems to have been a trend during that era to crop out names, dates, & locations in books. I’ve spotted it in at least “Dracula,” “Frankenstein,” and “Les Miserables,” off the top of my head. Here’s some speculation as to the reason: https://english.stackexchange.com/a/9518 https://english.stackexchange.com/a/9518