Story of a Life: In that dawnHarvill P., 1965 |
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... greatcoat , and shaking his head with a puzzled frown . Shock tactics were needed to grip the crowd and force it to listen . Once , a bearded soldier in an overcoat as stiff as tree - bark climbed the steps of the Pushkin Monument ...
... greatcoat , and shaking his head with a puzzled frown . Shock tactics were needed to grip the crowd and force it to listen . Once , a bearded soldier in an overcoat as stiff as tree - bark climbed the steps of the Pushkin Monument ...
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... greatcoat and took out of the pocket of his tunic a dog - eared , obviously forged identity card , and an empty ... greatcoats there and then , in the square , sold them for pennies or gave them away to civilians and walked away in ...
... greatcoat and took out of the pocket of his tunic a dog - eared , obviously forged identity card , and an empty ... greatcoats there and then , in the square , sold them for pennies or gave them away to civilians and walked away in ...
Page 129
... greatcoat on , only ripping off the epaulettes . Wadding stuck out of the holes where I had torn the cloth , making it easy for anyone to guess what I was . I walked to town , past the Church of St Cyril where I had once been as a child ...
... greatcoat on , only ripping off the epaulettes . Wadding stuck out of the holes where I had torn the cloth , making it easy for anyone to guess what I was . I walked to town , past the Church of St Cyril where I had once been as a child ...
Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
Copyright | |
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