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Page 59
'Start talking! Now you've got us here, don't waste our time.' 'He'll start in a minute.
' 'Who?' 'Lenin.' 'Go on! Lenin! I suppose he can't wait to look at your ugly mug!' '
Got nobody to talk to, poor chap!' 'We know what he'll say.' 'I've had a bellyful ...
'Start talking! Now you've got us here, don't waste our time.' 'He'll start in a minute.
' 'Who?' 'Lenin.' 'Go on! Lenin! I suppose he can't wait to look at your ugly mug!' '
Got nobody to talk to, poor chap!' 'We know what he'll say.' 'I've had a bellyful ...
Page 124
But she, of course, being so young and inexperienced, never even noticed. She
was just a child. I tried to get into conversation with her, though that was strictly
forbidden. Quick, silent service, and no talking to the gentry, those were the
orders.
But she, of course, being so young and inexperienced, never even noticed. She
was just a child. I tried to get into conversation with her, though that was strictly
forbidden. Quick, silent service, and no talking to the gentry, those were the
orders.
Page 159
It was announced that members of the Government were coming to talk to us and
to enquire into what had happened. A sigh of relief went up from the ranks. A
wooden platform was erected in the middle of the square. Soon the delegates ...
It was announced that members of the Government were coming to talk to us and
to enquire into what had happened. A sigh of relief went up from the ranks. A
wooden platform was erected in the middle of the square. Soon the delegates ...
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Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Cafe | 36 |
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, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2008 |
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