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And someone's voice — a woman's, a young voice — called for the blacksmith. "
Ostap went out, and stood stock-still. At the very door of his smithy a black horse
was prancing, and on it was a woman of fabulous beauty in a long velvet dress, ...
And someone's voice — a woman's, a young voice — called for the blacksmith. "
Ostap went out, and stood stock-still. At the very door of his smithy a black horse
was prancing, and on it was a woman of fabulous beauty in a long velvet dress, ...
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It was as if the money had melted in the air. While Count Pototsky and I were
talking, a door kept creaking in the room. But as soon as the money disappeared
into the air the door flew open and a little woman in a peignoir flew into the room.
It was as if the money had melted in the air. While Count Pototsky and I were
talking, a door kept creaking in the room. But as soon as the money disappeared
into the air the door flew open and a little woman in a peignoir flew into the room.
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old woman white with rage sitting on it, and all the little boys along the track
whistling and hooting at her. She untied her bag at every stop and ate, greedily
and enormously. Maybe she didn't want to eat each time, but she was doing it on
...
old woman white with rage sitting on it, and all the little boys along the track
whistling and hooting at her. She untied her bag at every stop and ate, greedily
and enormously. Maybe she didn't want to eat each time, but she was doing it on
...
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The Death of My Father | 3 |
Carp | 16 |
The Pink Oleanders | 29 |
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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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