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Page 102
... Rumyantsev was the brother of Uncle Kolya's closest friend at the Bryansk arsenal , Captain Rumyantsev . Volodya was hard of hearing . There was always hay in his red beard , because he slept in the hay barn . He despised every kind of ...
... Rumyantsev was the brother of Uncle Kolya's closest friend at the Bryansk arsenal , Captain Rumyantsev . Volodya was hard of hearing . There was always hay in his red beard , because he slept in the hay barn . He despised every kind of ...
Page 103
... Rumyantsev was the only man alive who knew how much sandals cost in Kineshma and the price of a pound of chicken feathers in Kalyazin . One day Volodya Rumyantsev went to Oryol and brought sad news back to us . We were playing croquet ...
... Rumyantsev was the only man alive who knew how much sandals cost in Kineshma and the price of a pound of chicken feathers in Kalyazin . One day Volodya Rumyantsev went to Oryol and brought sad news back to us . We were playing croquet ...
Page 138
... Rumyantsev was not even easy to see . He was always enveloped in a cloud of tobacco smoke , and his shyness made him seek the darkest corner in the drawing room . He would sit there in front of a chessboard , absorbed in solving a chess ...
... Rumyantsev was not even easy to see . He was always enveloped in a cloud of tobacco smoke , and his shyness made him seek the darkest corner in the drawing room . He would sit there in front of a chessboard , absorbed in solving a chess ...
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The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich ΙΟ | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
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