Story of a Life: In that dawnHarvill P., 1967 |
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Konstantin Paustovsky. ' Thugs , ' I whispered to Yasha . ' Nonsense . Thugs don't work in such empty streets . Let's check . ' ' How ? ' ' By going up and talking to them , of course . ' Yasha had a pet theory - always meet danger face ...
Konstantin Paustovsky. ' Thugs , ' I whispered to Yasha . ' Nonsense . Thugs don't work in such empty streets . Let's check . ' ' How ? ' ' By going up and talking to them , of course . ' Yasha had a pet theory - always meet danger face ...
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... Yasha , late on an autumn evening . The only way to be safe in the streets at night was to stick to certain rules : no smoking , talking or coughing ; walk softly ; keep closely to the walls or in the shadow of trees ; stop , look and ...
... Yasha , late on an autumn evening . The only way to be safe in the streets at night was to stick to certain rules : no smoking , talking or coughing ; walk softly ; keep closely to the walls or in the shadow of trees ; stop , look and ...
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... Yasha stumbled . Afterwards , whenever we talked about it , he insisted that the harder you try to do your best , the surer you are to be brought to grief by some footling accident . Personally , I thought the whole trouble had been due ...
... Yasha stumbled . Afterwards , whenever we talked about it , he insisted that the harder you try to do your best , the surer you are to be brought to grief by some footling accident . Personally , I thought the whole trouble had been due ...
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Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
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