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Page 118
The sullen morning, the stink of paraffin in the barrack room, the weak tea
smelling of salted herring, the Company Commander's eyes hollow with despair,
the cold, wet boots we could scarcely pull on — everything filled us with such
hopeless ...
The sullen morning, the stink of paraffin in the barrack room, the weak tea
smelling of salted herring, the Company Commander's eyes hollow with despair,
the cold, wet boots we could scarcely pull on — everything filled us with such
hopeless ...
Page 154
Antoshchenko turned to one of the officers and said in a tired voice: 'Look at
these skunks, Commander — all wanting to be clerks at headquarters, or mend
soldiers' trousers, instead of fighting for the peasants of the world and dying as
heroes ...
Antoshchenko turned to one of the officers and said in a tired voice: 'Look at
these skunks, Commander — all wanting to be clerks at headquarters, or mend
soldiers' trousers, instead of fighting for the peasants of the world and dying as
heroes ...
Page 160
He told the men that a special commission appointed by the Government would
devote three days to hearing complaints against the regimental commander and
that, if it found them justified, strong measures would be taken. Antoshchenko ...
He told the men that a special commission appointed by the Government would
devote three days to hearing complaints against the regimental commander and
that, if it found them justified, strong measures would be taken. Antoshchenko ...
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Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Cafe | 36 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Story of a Life: In that dawn Volume 3 of The Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2008 |
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