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Page 101
Lightning flashed brighter and the thunder gave a half - awake growl . We walked
back to the train . In the darkness , I picked a handful of grass and only in the
morning noticed that it was scented clover , my favourite of all Russian flowers .
Lightning flashed brighter and the thunder gave a half - awake growl . We walked
back to the train . In the darkness , I picked a handful of grass and only in the
morning noticed that it was scented clover , my favourite of all Russian flowers .
Page 106
But I did not succeed in bringing Mama and Galya to Kiev , for the city had
suddenly been encircled by Petlyura ' s forces . They had started a regular siege .
My windows looked out onto the Botanical Gardens . Every morning , I was
awakened ...
But I did not succeed in bringing Mama and Galya to Kiev , for the city had
suddenly been encircled by Petlyura ' s forces . They had started a regular siege .
My windows looked out onto the Botanical Gardens . Every morning , I was
awakened ...
Page 198
Our train left next morning , making for Golta . The priests were subdued , reading
in whispers from their prayer books . Lucienna lay all day staring through the
open door at the washed - out sky , Khvat frowned crossly – Nazarov alone made
...
Our train left next morning , making for Golta . The priests were subdued , reading
in whispers from their prayer books . Lucienna lay all day staring through the
open door at the washed - out sky , Khvat frowned crossly – Nazarov alone made
...
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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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