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A short , pale man in a shabby leather jerkin , every word and gesture of Sverdlov's — above all his deep , powerful voice , so out of keeping with his sickly appearance , conveyed an impression of inexorable will .
A short , pale man in a shabby leather jerkin , every word and gesture of Sverdlov's — above all his deep , powerful voice , so out of keeping with his sickly appearance , conveyed an impression of inexorable will .
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he asked in a husky voice . The guards were silent . Antoshchenko walked up and down the ranks , inspecting us from head to toe . He was followed by two lanky officers . We assumed them to be battalion commanders .
he asked in a husky voice . The guards were silent . Antoshchenko walked up and down the ranks , inspecting us from head to toe . He was followed by two lanky officers . We assumed them to be battalion commanders .
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We could all read and write , of course , but many of us were alerted by something dangerous in Antoshchenko's voice , and only about a dozen men stepped out of rank . Anto- shchenko didn't seem surprised .
We could all read and write , of course , but many of us were alerted by something dangerous in Antoshchenko's voice , and only about a dozen men stepped out of rank . Anto- shchenko didn't seem surprised .
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Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
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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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