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Page 184
Ashamed of their discourtesy, they rushed to the door and, by their joint efforts,
pulled Lucienna aboard. 'Ouf! That's better.' She looked round the wagon. '
Though I don't think much of your smart set-up!' The priests were too
embarrassed to ...
Ashamed of their discourtesy, they rushed to the door and, by their joint efforts,
pulled Lucienna aboard. 'Ouf! That's better.' She looked round the wagon. '
Though I don't think much of your smart set-up!' The priests were too
embarrassed to ...
Page 186
But this was not much comfort to us, especially after a bullet came through the
wall, brushing Lucienna's fluffy hair and smashing the Spanish comb she had
inherited from her grandmother — a market woman who sold doughnuts in
Rybnitsa ...
But this was not much comfort to us, especially after a bullet came through the
wall, brushing Lucienna's fluffy hair and smashing the Spanish comb she had
inherited from her grandmother — a market woman who sold doughnuts in
Rybnitsa ...
Page 187
'Thank you for that,' said Lucienna. She suddenly added softly: 'You're all darlings
. I'm so happy with you. Nobody's made a pass at me, nobody treats me like a tart.
And nobody knows I've been shot through the breast already. I shot myself in ...
'Thank you for that,' said Lucienna. She suddenly added softly: 'You're all darlings
. I'm so happy with you. Nobody's made a pass at me, nobody treats me like a tart.
And nobody knows I've been shot through the breast already. I shot myself in ...
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Contents
Whirlpool pagej 2 Blue Torches | 23 |
3 The Journalists Cafe | 56 |
4 The Hall with the Fountain | 58 |
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| Title | Story of a Life: In that dawn Volume 3 of Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Translated by | Manya Harari |
| Publisher | Harvill Press, 1967 |
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