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... Kiev , Volodya Golovchiner . I had run into him a fortnight earlier in Deribasov Street where , in spite of his weak eyesight , gold - rimmed spectacles and seedy but lordly appearance , he was carrying on a brisk trade in cigarette ...
... Kiev , Volodya Golovchiner . I had run into him a fortnight earlier in Deribasov Street where , in spite of his weak eyesight , gold - rimmed spectacles and seedy but lordly appearance , he was carrying on a brisk trade in cigarette ...
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... Kiev . It belonged to the rich Kiev industrialist , Gronfein . At Gronfein's , Babel met the daughter of the house , Evgenia , then in her last year at school , and they fell in love . There could be no question of marriage : a ...
... Kiev . It belonged to the rich Kiev industrialist , Gronfein . At Gronfein's , Babel met the daughter of the house , Evgenia , then in her last year at school , and they fell in love . There could be no question of marriage : a ...
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... Kiev where you have a nose- throat- and ear - specialist who is world famous ! Professor Grinfeld ! The one person you can trust ! My advice to you is : take the child to Kiev , at once ! ' He looked at his watch . " There's a train in ...
... Kiev where you have a nose- throat- and ear - specialist who is world famous ! Professor Grinfeld ! The one person you can trust ! My advice to you is : take the child to Kiev , at once ! ' He looked at his watch . " There's a train in ...
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Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
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