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Page 73
... soon as they put them on again , their ears would stick out . It was as if they had been designed so that the inspector Bodyansky , taking a beginner by the ear , could say to him in his frightening voice : " You're late again ...
... soon as they put them on again , their ears would stick out . It was as if they had been designed so that the inspector Bodyansky , taking a beginner by the ear , could say to him in his frightening voice : " You're late again ...
Page 87
... soon be time to go to bed . " She sent me away so that she could talk with my father about Cherpunov . But I didn't try to listen , although I wanted very much to know what had happened . I soon learned about it at school . His wife had ...
... soon be time to go to bed . " She sent me away so that she could talk with my father about Cherpunov . But I didn't try to listen , although I wanted very much to know what had happened . I soon learned about it at school . His wife had ...
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... Soon a second blue torch exploded on the opposite side . Bullets had broken the burners of the gas - burning street lamps , and now the gas was ignited and burning straight out of the pipes . Under this new flickering light , the firing ...
... Soon a second blue torch exploded on the opposite side . Bullets had broken the burners of the gas - burning street lamps , and now the gas was ignited and burning straight out of the pipes . Under this new flickering light , the firing ...
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Carp | 16 |
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