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Page 33
It seemed to me that time had stopped and the whole world was sunk in silence.
In actual fact, it must only have been a few seconds before I heard a strange, yet
somehow familiar voice: 'What the hell are you doing? Forgotten your orders?
It seemed to me that time had stopped and the whole world was sunk in silence.
In actual fact, it must only have been a few seconds before I heard a strange, yet
somehow familiar voice: 'What the hell are you doing? Forgotten your orders?
Page 158
The song leaders struck up 'Don't you weep, Maroosya, you'll be mine,' but
stopped after a few bars, and the Company shuffled to a halt. 'March!'
Antoshchenko screamed. The regiment stood silent and motionless. The girls
stopped giggling.
The song leaders struck up 'Don't you weep, Maroosya, you'll be mine,' but
stopped after a few bars, and the Company shuffled to a halt. 'March!'
Antoshchenko screamed. The regiment stood silent and motionless. The girls
stopped giggling.
Page 190
With a loud whistle and a belch of steam, the engine ploughed through the lot,
squashing the samovar flat as a pancake. Not content with this, it stopped by the
water pump, reversed, stopped again over the remnants of the dowry and let out
a ...
With a loud whistle and a belch of steam, the engine ploughed through the lot,
squashing the samovar flat as a pancake. Not content with this, it stopped by the
water pump, reversed, stopped again over the remnants of the dowry and let out
a ...
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Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Cafe | 36 |
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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, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2008 |
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