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Page 87
One leaf of the double door burst open and an electric torch flashed in my eyes. '
Just one left!' a young Red Guard cried happily. 'Well, get up, Anarchist! You've
had your fun. Off to headquarters!' I was very ready to be taken to headquarters.
One leaf of the double door burst open and an electric torch flashed in my eyes. '
Just one left!' a young Red Guard cried happily. 'Well, get up, Anarchist! You've
had your fun. Off to headquarters!' I was very ready to be taken to headquarters.
Page 114
Amalia stood in the doorway, watching him through narrowed eyes. Never before
had I seen such a mean expression on her face. It struck me that, if I had followed
her advice and run away, this wretched littie man might indeed have been shot ...
Amalia stood in the doorway, watching him through narrowed eyes. Never before
had I seen such a mean expression on her face. It struck me that, if I had followed
her advice and run away, this wretched littie man might indeed have been shot ...
Page 209
Biting his lips and grunting (a grunt was his strongest expression of
dissatisfaction) he agreed but gave Nazarov strict instructions to keep the
thermometer in cotton wool in a drawer and to cherish it like the apple of his eye.
Nazarov took my ...
Biting his lips and grunting (a grunt was his strongest expression of
dissatisfaction) he agreed but gave Nazarov strict instructions to keep the
thermometer in cotton wool in a drawer and to cherish it like the apple of his eye.
Nazarov took my ...
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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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