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Page 84
I climbed the granite steps to the front doors, as massive as the bronze doors of a
mediaeval cathedral, and listened. Not a sound came from within. Almost sure
that the Anarchists had left, I knocked cautiously all the same. Lightly, suddenly ...
I climbed the granite steps to the front doors, as massive as the bronze doors of a
mediaeval cathedral, and listened. Not a sound came from within. Almost sure
that the Anarchists had left, I knocked cautiously all the same. Lightly, suddenly ...
Page 86
The footsteps stopped outside my door. Someone gave a wrench at the handle,
but the door held. 'Locked themselves in, the skunks,' a becolded voice said
thoughtfully. The door shook. I kept quiet. What could I do? Start a long, confused
...
The footsteps stopped outside my door. Someone gave a wrench at the handle,
but the door held. 'Locked themselves in, the skunks,' a becolded voice said
thoughtfully. The door shook. I kept quiet. What could I do? Start a long, confused
...
Page 209
Yasha woke me by opening the door very carefully but with a loud squeak. I
opened my eyes, glanced at the bedside table, and felt the hair rise on my head
— the thermometer was very slowly rolling towards the edge of the table. 1
wanted to ...
Yasha woke me by opening the door very carefully but with a loud squeak. I
opened my eyes, glanced at the bedside table, and felt the hair rise on my head
— the thermometer was very slowly rolling towards the edge of the table. 1
wanted to ...
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Contents
Whirlpool pagej 2 Blue Torches | 23 |
3 The Journalists Cafe | 56 |
4 The Hall with the Fountain | 58 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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