Story of a Life: In that dawn |
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Page 84
I climbed the granite steps to the front doors , as massive as the bronze doors of a
mediæval cathedral , and listened . Not a sound came from within ... Someone
seized my arm , pulled me inside and the door slammed . I was in total darkness .
I climbed the granite steps to the front doors , as massive as the bronze doors of a
mediæval cathedral , and listened . Not a sound came from within ... Someone
seized my arm , pulled me inside and the door slammed . I was in total darkness .
Page 85
If I lit a match , they might think I was trying to signal and , for all I knew , really
start shooting through the door ! I touched the door . It was elaborately carved . I
felt along the wall , scraped a fingernail on the silk panelling and started back .
If I lit a match , they might think I was trying to signal and , for all I knew , really
start shooting through the door ! I touched the door . It was elaborately carved . I
felt along the wall , scraped a fingernail on the silk panelling and started back .
Page 86
Watch that corner — they might toss a grenade . ' The footsteps stopped outside
my door . Someone gave a wrench at the handle , but the door held . ' Locked
themselves in , the skunks , ' a becolded voice said thoughtfully . The door shook
.
Watch that corner — they might toss a grenade . ' The footsteps stopped outside
my door . Someone gave a wrench at the handle , but the door held . ' Locked
themselves in , the skunks , ' a becolded voice said thoughtfully . The door shook
.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Story of a Life: In that dawn Volume 3 of Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Harvill P., 1965 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jul 2007 |
| ISBN | 0002717565, 9780002717564 |
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