But even the bone itself is eaten away in places, thought Nuadu, sick with horror. The Robemaker's skin was covered with suppurating sores, great festering, oozing ulcers, leprous growths, cancerous chancres.
the bone had been nibbled
In places the bone was exposed and in the uncertain light Nuadu could nearly believe that it had been nibbled.
But even the bone itself is eaten away in places, thought Nuadu, sick with horror. The Robemaker's skin was covered with suppurating sores, great festering, oozing ulcers, leprous growths, cancerous chancres.</s>In places the bone was exposed and in the uncertain light Nuadu could nearly believe that it had been nibbled.</s>the bone had been nibbled