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Page 62
Sitting in the carriage was a girl in a long, flounced, printed dress, and a white
kerchief, like a nun's coif, low over her forehead. Her lips faintly parted, she was
smiling. There was so much tenderness in her smile that it went straight to my
heart.
Sitting in the carriage was a girl in a long, flounced, printed dress, and a white
kerchief, like a nun's coif, low over her forehead. Her lips faintly parted, she was
smiling. There was so much tenderness in her smile that it went straight to my
heart.
Page 113
'Yes, I have.' 'Kturenda has come for you — to hand you over to the army. He's
crying,' Amalia said coldly. 'He sits dripping tears and saying, if you run away,
they'll shoot him like a common bandit at ten tomorrow morning.' Taking a letter
from ...
'Yes, I have.' 'Kturenda has come for you — to hand you over to the army. He's
crying,' Amalia said coldly. 'He sits dripping tears and saying, if you run away,
they'll shoot him like a common bandit at ten tomorrow morning.' Taking a letter
from ...
Page 114
On an empty egg-crate on the landing, Pan Kturenda sat silently yawning, his
hand over his mouth. He had, of course, disbelieved me, and decided to keep
watch all night. 'Beast!' Amalia said softly when we were back in the sitting- room.
On an empty egg-crate on the landing, Pan Kturenda sat silently yawning, his
hand over his mouth. He had, of course, disbelieved me, and decided to keep
watch all night. 'Beast!' Amalia said softly when we were back in the sitting- room.
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Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
3 The Journalists Cafe | 36 |
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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., 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jul 2007 |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / Literary Literary Criticism / Russian & Former Soviet Union |
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