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Page 195
... empty counter , jumped onto the window - sill , turned his back on us , sat down and , like ourselves , stared at the empty tracks . The tip of his tail twitched irritably . He was in our way but we left him alone . After all , he was a ...
... empty counter , jumped onto the window - sill , turned his back on us , sat down and , like ourselves , stared at the empty tracks . The tip of his tail twitched irritably . He was in our way but we left him alone . After all , he was a ...
Page 208
... empty purses and torn - up documents . But these were rare . The lucky finds were few but varied . They were usually com- pletely unexpected objects : faded flowers from a bouquet , fragments of cut glass , dry lobster claws , empty ...
... empty purses and torn - up documents . But these were rare . The lucky finds were few but varied . They were usually com- pletely unexpected objects : faded flowers from a bouquet , fragments of cut glass , dry lobster claws , empty ...
Page 217
... empty house with echoes : " They've broken through ! The Bolsheviks are nearing Kyalnik ! It's all over ! ' Kyalnik was a few miles west of Odessa . He dashed into my room , Nazarov following him . Still shout- ing , he told us that the ...
... empty house with echoes : " They've broken through ! The Bolsheviks are nearing Kyalnik ! It's all over ! ' Kyalnik was a few miles west of Odessa . He dashed into my room , Nazarov following him . Still shout- ing , he told us that the ...
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Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
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