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Page 32
'Wait for the Commander, Comrades.' 'There's a legalist for you! Put him up
against the wall!' They dragged me over to the wall. The porter's wife, dishevelled
, rushed out of the lodge. She clutched their arms. 'Children! Comrades! I know
him!
'Wait for the Commander, Comrades.' 'There's a legalist for you! Put him up
against the wall!' They dragged me over to the wall. The porter's wife, dishevelled
, rushed out of the lodge. She clutched their arms. 'Children! Comrades! I know
him!
Page 78
I climbed the steep iron ladder as far as the dusty little window — it was more like
a deep slit in the wall. Looking out, I could see the edge of Theatre Square and
the side-wall of the Metro- pole. Bent double, Red soldiers were running towards
...
I climbed the steep iron ladder as far as the dusty little window — it was more like
a deep slit in the wall. Looking out, I could see the edge of Theatre Square and
the side-wall of the Metro- pole. Bent double, Red soldiers were running towards
...
Page 212
We stopped by the wall. I couldn't see it in the dark, but I knew the rough stone
surface must offer footholds. 'Over the wall, quick,' I whispered to Yasha. 'In one
go. It's our last chance. We've nothing to lose.' I was thin and slight — it was easy
...
We stopped by the wall. I couldn't see it in the dark, but I knew the rough stone
surface must offer footholds. 'Over the wall, quick,' I whispered to Yasha. 'In one
go. It's our last chance. We've nothing to lose.' I was thin and slight — it was easy
...
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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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