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Living in Babel's house were Babel himself, his pretty, red-haired wife Evgenia,
his quiet, austere mother, his sister Mary, and his mother-in-law who had come to
stay with her small grandson. One day in July a strange incident happened in the
...
Living in Babel's house were Babel himself, his pretty, red-haired wife Evgenia,
his quiet, austere mother, his sister Mary, and his mother-in-law who had come to
stay with her small grandson. One day in July a strange incident happened in the
...
Page 133
Babel clutched his head and moaned: Tm finished ! Done for! My head's buzzing
like a brass boiler. As if that fiend were bashing it all day with a stick !' We all
racked our brains to think of how to rid Babel of Lucian and his Granny. In the end
...
Babel clutched his head and moaned: Tm finished ! Done for! My head's buzzing
like a brass boiler. As if that fiend were bashing it all day with a stick !' We all
racked our brains to think of how to rid Babel of Lucian and his Granny. In the end
...
Page 134
moaned Babel. 'Let's go swimming. I can't stand much more of this.' Til come with
you,' Lucian cried. 'Granny said I could. Hunter's word. Shall I call her, and she'll
tell you herself, Uncle Isaac ?' 'No, no, no!' Babel sobbed in a tortured voice.
moaned Babel. 'Let's go swimming. I can't stand much more of this.' Til come with
you,' Lucian cried. 'Granny said I could. Hunter's word. Shall I call her, and she'll
tell you herself, Uncle Isaac ?' 'No, no, no!' Babel sobbed in a tortured voice.
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Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
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| Title | The story of a life, Volume 4 The Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 661 pages |
| Subjects | Authors, Russian |
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