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Page 94
This was the non - stop goods train . Outside the station , the tracks curved in a
horseshoe arc and vanished in a pinewood . Always unexpectedly , the train
burst out of the woods , snaking and bending outwards round the curve . I felt I
had ...
This was the non - stop goods train . Outside the station , the tracks curved in a
horseshoe arc and vanished in a pinewood . Always unexpectedly , the train
burst out of the woods , snaking and bending outwards round the curve . I felt I
had ...
Page 185
... profession and given to flights of fantasy . The train would often stop and the
engine whistle plaintively ... Then , the engine driver started the train without a
warning whistle , Khvat yelled , " To Horse ! ' and we ran after our coach and leapt
in .
... profession and given to flights of fantasy . The train would often stop and the
engine whistle plaintively ... Then , the engine driver started the train without a
warning whistle , Khvat yelled , " To Horse ! ' and we ran after our coach and leapt
in .
Page 194
If only he ' d go through quickly ! Are you from the passenger train ? ' I said yes
and smiled — a hell of a passenger train it was , our collection of dirty , broken -
down wagons leaning this way and that . ' Then go back and tell them to lock ...
If only he ' d go through quickly ! Are you from the passenger train ? ' I said yes
and smiled — a hell of a passenger train it was , our collection of dirty , broken -
down wagons leaning this way and that . ' Then go back and tell them to lock ...
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Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
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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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