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Page 24
A bullet went through Chekhov's portrait, smack into the wall. I found the portrait
later, buried under a heap of plaster. The bullet had hit Chekhov in the chest,
tearing a hole in his white piqud waistcoat. The crossfire crackled like burning ...
A bullet went through Chekhov's portrait, smack into the wall. I found the portrait
later, buried under a heap of plaster. The bullet had hit Chekhov in the chest,
tearing a hole in his white piqud waistcoat. The crossfire crackled like burning ...
Page 32
'Wait for the Commander, Comrades.' 'There's a legalist for you! Put him up
against the wall!' They dragged me over to the wall. The porter's wife, dishevelled
, rushed out of the lodge. She clutched their arms. 'Children! Comrades! I know
him!
'Wait for the Commander, Comrades.' 'There's a legalist for you! Put him up
against the wall!' They dragged me over to the wall. The porter's wife, dishevelled
, rushed out of the lodge. She clutched their arms. 'Children! Comrades! I know
him!
Page 212
We stopped by the wall. I couldn't see it in the dark, but I knew the rough stone
surface must offer footholds. 'Over the wall, quick,' I whispered to Yasha. 'In one
go. It's our last chance. We've nothing to lose.' I was thin and slight — it was easy
...
We stopped by the wall. I couldn't see it in the dark, but I knew the rough stone
surface must offer footholds. 'Over the wall, quick,' I whispered to Yasha. 'In one
go. It's our last chance. We've nothing to lose.' I was thin and slight — it was easy
...
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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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