The Story of a Life: In that dawnPantheon Books, 1964 - Authors, Russian |
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... showed against the dark sky . Gunfire flashed without a break and bullets sang in various keys , screeching , whistling , or oddly clacking , as though turning somersaults in the air . I tried to make out people in the street , but the ...
... showed against the dark sky . Gunfire flashed without a break and bullets sang in various keys , screeching , whistling , or oddly clacking , as though turning somersaults in the air . I tried to make out people in the street , but the ...
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... showed us plans and photos of old castles , with their great towers , dungeons , embrasures , turrets , passage- ways , their gloomy labyrinths of rooms , the walls a couple of yards thick , their fire - places , their walled gardens ...
... showed us plans and photos of old castles , with their great towers , dungeons , embrasures , turrets , passage- ways , their gloomy labyrinths of rooms , the walls a couple of yards thick , their fire - places , their walled gardens ...
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... showed me the tangle of telegraph tape on the table and sighed . ' If only he'd go through quickly ! Are you from the passenger train ? ' I said yes and smiled - a hell of a passenger train it was , our collection of dirty , broken ...
... showed me the tangle of telegraph tape on the table and sighed . ' If only he'd go through quickly ! Are you from the passenger train ? ' I said yes and smiled - a hell of a passenger train it was , our collection of dirty , broken ...
Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
Copyright | |
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