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Page 95
... notice of me , barely said ' how d'you do ' , and did their utmost to show that they had no wish to know me . Why , then , had they agreed to take me with them ? I kept trying to think of a reason . Could it possibly be merely so that ...
... notice of me , barely said ' how d'you do ' , and did their utmost to show that they had no wish to know me . Why , then , had they agreed to take me with them ? I kept trying to think of a reason . Could it possibly be merely so that ...
Page 149
... notice . In those days in Kiev , I became addicted to the great French writer and illusionist , Stendhal . Not that I gave much thought to the tricks he played on his public . They seemed to me perfectly legitimate , as they still do ...
... notice . In those days in Kiev , I became addicted to the great French writer and illusionist , Stendhal . Not that I gave much thought to the tricks he played on his public . They seemed to me perfectly legitimate , as they still do ...
Page 168
... notice pinned to the door . The typewriter was an old friend — it had lost its ' r'— so the notice read : ' Oganisation evacuated . Addess queies to so - and - so . ' I stood in the dark stairs littered with scraps of sacking , waiting ...
... notice pinned to the door . The typewriter was an old friend — it had lost its ' r'— so the notice read : ' Oganisation evacuated . Addess queies to so - and - so . ' I stood in the dark stairs littered with scraps of sacking , waiting ...
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Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
Copyright | |
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