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Page 102
... Rumyantsev was the brother of Uncle Kolya's closest friend at the Bryansk arsenal , Captain Rumyantsev . Volodya was hard of hearing . There was always hay in his red beard , because he slept in the hay barn . He despised every kind of ...
... Rumyantsev was the brother of Uncle Kolya's closest friend at the Bryansk arsenal , Captain Rumyantsev . Volodya was hard of hearing . There was always hay in his red beard , because he slept in the hay barn . He despised every kind of ...
Page 138
... Rumyantsev was not even easy to see . He was always enveloped in a cloud of tobacco smoke , and his shyness made him seek the darkest corner in the drawing room . He would sit there in front of a chessboard , absorbed in solving a chess ...
... Rumyantsev was not even easy to see . He was always enveloped in a cloud of tobacco smoke , and his shyness made him seek the darkest corner in the drawing room . He would sit there in front of a chessboard , absorbed in solving a chess ...
Page 141
... Rumyantsev sisters , sometimes Aunt Marusya . Ivanov would sit on an empty box , without taking off his overcoat or his gloves , and start to prove to Karavayev that Russia had not yet developed to the level of consumers ' co ...
... Rumyantsev sisters , sometimes Aunt Marusya . Ivanov would sit on an empty box , without taking off his overcoat or his gloves , and start to prove to Karavayev that Russia had not yet developed to the level of consumers ' co ...
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