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... lying in a cross on the floor . You'll tread on them . " She began to recite a prayer while I waited , holding on to her elbow . I was frightened stiff . The people lying in a cross on the floor were breathing quietly . A sad kind of ...
... lying in a cross on the floor . You'll tread on them . " She began to recite a prayer while I waited , holding on to her elbow . I was frightened stiff . The people lying in a cross on the floor were breathing quietly . A sad kind of ...
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... lying on a coarse cloth . We picked it up by holding on to the corners of the cloth , trying not to touch the corpse . We dropped him anyway , but only on the threshold . " Put him in the shed , " the old man advised us . " There are a ...
... lying on a coarse cloth . We picked it up by holding on to the corners of the cloth , trying not to touch the corpse . We dropped him anyway , but only on the threshold . " Put him in the shed , " the old man advised us . " There are a ...
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... lies ? Not a bit of it ! May God punish me if I have lied even half a word . " To prove it she made a little sign of the cross and crossed her The Art of whitewashing Huts [ 455 ]
... lies ? Not a bit of it ! May God punish me if I have lied even half a word . " To prove it she made a little sign of the cross and crossed her The Art of whitewashing Huts [ 455 ]
Contents
The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich ΙΟ | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
Copyright | |
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