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Page 98
The Commissar looked thoughtfully at the teapot , then told the soldier : ' Go and
fetch two security guards . ' He turned to the journalists : ' Your documents ,
please . ' They reached for them eagerly , but their hands were trembling .
The Commissar looked thoughtfully at the teapot , then told the soldier : ' Go and
fetch two security guards . ' He turned to the journalists : ' Your documents ,
please . ' They reached for them eagerly , but their hands were trembling .
Page 154
I was about to do so when one of the guards , who was standing next to me ,
whispered : ' Stay where you are . ' I stood still . We could all read and write , of
course , but many of us were alerted by something dangerous in Antoshchenko '
s ...
I was about to do so when one of the guards , who was standing next to me ,
whispered : ' Stay where you are . ' I stood still . We could all read and write , of
course , but many of us were alerted by something dangerous in Antoshchenko '
s ...
Page 198
Makhno raised his revolver and without aiming , without so much as looking at
the guard , fired . Why — I don ' t know . Can anyone tell what goes on in the mind
of a demented fanatic ? The guard threw up his arms in a grotesque gesture ...
Makhno raised his revolver and without aiming , without so much as looking at
the guard , fired . Why — I don ' t know . Can anyone tell what goes on in the mind
of a demented fanatic ? The guard threw up his arms in a grotesque gesture ...
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Contents
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
The Hall with the Fountain | 58 |
Copyright | |
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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, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 661 pages |
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