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Page 198
It seemed to me then that the orchestra was playing for me alone, and for a young
woman with the brim of her hat pulled down. I ran into her at nearly all the
concerts. She used to stare at me. I followed her furtively. I caught her glance only
...
It seemed to me then that the orchestra was playing for me alone, and for a young
woman with the brim of her hat pulled down. I ran into her at nearly all the
concerts. She used to stare at me. I followed her furtively. I caught her glance only
...
Page 244
The sky seemed filled with smoke. Enormous black puffs moved behind it, like
petrified cotton. These were the storm clouds seen through the smoke. Dead
silence stood all around us. The frogs and the birds grew silent, fish stopped
splashing.
The sky seemed filled with smoke. Enormous black puffs moved behind it, like
petrified cotton. These were the storm clouds seen through the smoke. Dead
silence stood all around us. The frogs and the birds grew silent, fish stopped
splashing.
Page 318
I remember only that sometimes I lit the bright electric lights (the car had a
generator in it) and sometimes I put them out, because the sun, it seemed, was
shining through the windows. But it never seemed to me to shine for more than
an hour ...
I remember only that sometimes I lit the bright electric lights (the car had a
generator in it) and sometimes I put them out, because the sun, it seemed, was
shining through the windows. But it never seemed to me to shine for more than
an hour ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Story of a Life, Volume 2 |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1967 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2009 |
| Length | 661 pages |
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