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The day after I arrived, I was telling Galya and Mama about Moscow and the
revolution, when I looked out of the window and saw an old, hunchbacked little
monk, in a dusty habit and pointed hat, trudging from the woods towards the
house.
The day after I arrived, I was telling Galya and Mama about Moscow and the
revolution, when I looked out of the window and saw an old, hunchbacked little
monk, in a dusty habit and pointed hat, trudging from the woods towards the
house.
Page 89
Galya wrote: You promised Mama to come in spring, but there is still no sign of
you and we are losing hope. Mama has suddenly aged a lot. You wouldn't
recognise her. She keeps silent for days on end and at night, when she thinks I
am ...
Galya wrote: You promised Mama to come in spring, but there is still no sign of
you and we are losing hope. Mama has suddenly aged a lot. You wouldn't
recognise her. She keeps silent for days on end and at night, when she thinks I
am ...
Page 166
Her face strained, she was craning her neck, peering at the dark coat-stand in the
corner, asking Mama: 'Well? Is he here? Why don't you tell me? Where's Kostik?'
They had come from Kopan to Kiev on foot. It had become impossible for them ...
Her face strained, she was craning her neck, peering at the dark coat-stand in the
corner, asking Mama: 'Well? Is he here? Why don't you tell me? Where's Kostik?'
They had come from Kopan to Kiev on foot. It had become impossible for them ...
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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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