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A few men stood outside the porter's lodge at the back of the yard . The gunfire in Leontyevsky Lane was even fiercer than in Tverskoy Boulevard . On the fourth side of the yard loomed the wall of the neighbouring house .
A few men stood outside the porter's lodge at the back of the yard . The gunfire in Leontyevsky Lane was even fiercer than in Tverskoy Boulevard . On the fourth side of the yard loomed the wall of the neighbouring house .
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Take him to the yard . ' ' Everything's possible , ' the young man slapped me on the shoulder . ' Come on , then , forward march . And don't try anything on . ' All this time I hadn't said a word . I suppose because ap- pearances were ...
Take him to the yard . ' ' Everything's possible , ' the young man slapped me on the shoulder . ' Come on , then , forward march . And don't try anything on . ' All this time I hadn't said a word . I suppose because ap- pearances were ...
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I was taken out into the yard , the young man prodding me in the back with his rifle . The yard was full of Red Guards . They had broken into a store room and were dragging out crates to build a barricade across the Boulevard .
I was taken out into the yard , the young man prodding me in the back with his rifle . The yard was full of Red Guards . They had broken into a store room and were dragging out crates to build a barricade across the Boulevard .
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Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
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