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... hall was so highly polished that you could see reflected in it , as in a lake , the blue ranks of boys in full - dress uniforms with shining buttons , and the chandeliers which had been lighted in the middle of the day . There was a low ...
... hall was so highly polished that you could see reflected in it , as in a lake , the blue ranks of boys in full - dress uniforms with shining buttons , and the chandeliers which had been lighted in the middle of the day . There was a low ...
Page 512
... hall . Voloshin seemed to be speaking for himself , having forgotten his audience . He talked about war , about the iron - hard times which had gripped the world , and in a hollow , tragic voice , staring at the back of the empty hall ...
... hall . Voloshin seemed to be speaking for himself , having forgotten his audience . He talked about war , about the iron - hard times which had gripped the world , and in a hollow , tragic voice , staring at the back of the empty hall ...
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... hall . One day Yasha Lifshitz went out into the hall and started to shout . I jumped out of my room , and saw some- thing quite inexplicable . While Yasha and I watched it , the big glass container started to lean over , looking for a ...
... hall . One day Yasha Lifshitz went out into the hall and started to shout . I jumped out of my room , and saw some- thing quite inexplicable . While Yasha and I watched it , the big glass container started to lean over , looking for a ...
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The Death of My Father | 3 |
Carp | 16 |
The Pink Oleanders | 29 |
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