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Page 308
... Lelya asked him . " No , it's not bad , little sister , " the soldier answered sadly . " As ground , it's all right , even if it's like land ploughed in autumn , somehow . As if it were sleeping in the daytime . " Lelya laughed , and ...
... Lelya asked him . " No , it's not bad , little sister , " the soldier answered sadly . " As ground , it's all right , even if it's like land ploughed in autumn , somehow . As if it were sleeping in the daytime . " Lelya laughed , and ...
Page 389
... Lelya , stop it . Don't weaken yourself . " The words worked . Lelya calmed down . Lelya was always pulling back on top of me the overcoat which would slip off . We never talked together at night . We lay there quietly and listened to ...
... Lelya , stop it . Don't weaken yourself . " The words worked . Lelya calmed down . Lelya was always pulling back on top of me the overcoat which would slip off . We never talked together at night . We lay there quietly and listened to ...
Page 391
Konstantin Paustovsky. Lelya had died . Vera Sevastyanovna found a box of morphine under her dress on the table . It was empty . Lelya had sent me for the cranberry extract in order to take a fatal dose of morphine . " Well , what of it ...
Konstantin Paustovsky. Lelya had died . Vera Sevastyanovna found a box of morphine under her dress on the table . It was empty . Lelya had sent me for the cranberry extract in order to take a fatal dose of morphine . " Well , what of it ...
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