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Page 28
A cease - fire has been agreed — it will begin in one minute from now - to enable
the women and children to evacuate this building . Women and children only .
They won ' t let the men leave . But the house will go up in flames at any moment .
A cease - fire has been agreed — it will begin in one minute from now - to enable
the women and children to evacuate this building . Women and children only .
They won ' t let the men leave . But the house will go up in flames at any moment .
Page 107
It was merely that she could not abide women . Quietly ... She spoke of her former
lodgers with enthusiasm and was sincerely grieved that they had all , as though
by conspiracy , married greedy , bad - tempered women and moved out . Amalia
...
It was merely that she could not abide women . Quietly ... She spoke of her former
lodgers with enthusiasm and was sincerely grieved that they had all , as though
by conspiracy , married greedy , bad - tempered women and moved out . Amalia
...
Page 179
A lot of women and children came and stood round the cart . They said nothing ,
they watched him as he untied a sack . One woman stood with a dead little boy in
her arms , holding out a broken gold watch . “ Are you crazy ? ” he yelled at her .
A lot of women and children came and stood round the cart . They said nothing ,
they watched him as he untied a sack . One woman stood with a dead little boy in
her arms , holding out a broken gold watch . “ Are you crazy ? ” he yelled at her .
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Contents
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
The Hall with the Fountain | 58 |
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, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 661 pages |
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