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Page 27
The fire gradually died down , but pungent , rainbow - coloured clouds of smoke rose from the ruins for days on end . Our metal roof buckled and the window frames smoked , but luckily did not catch . We coughed and our eyes watered from ...
The fire gradually died down , but pungent , rainbow - coloured clouds of smoke rose from the ruins for days on end . Our metal roof buckled and the window frames smoked , but luckily did not catch . We coughed and our eyes watered from ...
Page 34
The air smelled of the smoke of burning houses . Their glow was fading . Only in the direction of Kiev Station was the sky still a dull crimson . Then , from the north , from the side of Khodynka , came the whining of a shell .
The air smelled of the smoke of burning houses . Their glow was fading . Only in the direction of Kiev Station was the sky still a dull crimson . Then , from the north , from the side of Khodynka , came the whining of a shell .
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The clouds of cigarette smoke swayed . Before I could see any- thing in the dim light and the smoky air , I heard someone say in an unusually calm , high voice , rolling his r's : ' Let me through , Comrades .
The clouds of cigarette smoke swayed . Before I could see any- thing in the dim light and the smoky air , I heard someone say in an unusually calm , high voice , rolling his r's : ' Let me through , Comrades .
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Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
Copyright | |
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Antoshchenko arms army asked began believe broken bullet burst called Commander course crowd danger dark don't door empty everything eyes face felt fire floor flowers followed front garden gave German girl give Government grey guard hall hand happened head heard journalists keep Kiev knew later leave light listen lived looked Mama Mensheviks mind morning Moscow moved never night notice once past pulled quiet regiment round running Russia seemed seen short shot shouted showed side silence sitting smell smiled smoke soldiers soon sound Soviet station stood stopped street suddenly talk tell things thought told took town train trees trying turned Ukrainian voice waiting walked wall whole wind window woman women woods write yard young
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| 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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