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Page 176
... light , but the light was always cold and raw . The sunshine which came in lost its light and its warmth , and lay on the floor like sheets of faded paper . I couldn't guess what the Kazanskys were living for . [ 176 ] The Faraway Years.
... light , but the light was always cold and raw . The sunshine which came in lost its light and its warmth , and lay on the floor like sheets of faded paper . I couldn't guess what the Kazanskys were living for . [ 176 ] The Faraway Years.
Page 464
... light I hired a cabdriver and drove to the only hotel in Yefremov . In the gray light of a winter morning the little town looked surprisingly small and shabby . A brick jail , a wine factory with a high , thin iron chimney , a scowling ...
... light I hired a cabdriver and drove to the only hotel in Yefremov . In the gray light of a winter morning the little town looked surprisingly small and shabby . A brick jail , a wine factory with a high , thin iron chimney , a scowling ...
Page 548
... light of my match had served as a kind of signal to the Red Army soldiers who had quietly surrounded the building . Most of the firing was aimed at the room where I was sitting on the floor . Bullets hit the chandelier . I could hear ...
... light of my match had served as a kind of signal to the Red Army soldiers who had quietly surrounded the building . Most of the firing was aimed at the room where I was sitting on the floor . Bullets hit the chandelier . I could hear ...
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