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... dress . Only her amazing fragrance betrayed her fabulous origin . Yellow tea roses seemed to me young beauties who had lost their fine coloring by overindulgence in drinking tea . The flower bed with pansies seemed to me a fancy - dress ...
... dress . Only her amazing fragrance betrayed her fabulous origin . Yellow tea roses seemed to me young beauties who had lost their fine coloring by overindulgence in drinking tea . The flower bed with pansies seemed to me a fancy - dress ...
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... dress , with a gold watch chain around her neck and a red sash pinned to her shoulder . Mama explained to me that this sash was the reward for graduation with honors from the institute where Aunt Yefrosinya Grigorievna had studied ...
... dress , with a gold watch chain around her neck and a red sash pinned to her shoulder . Mama explained to me that this sash was the reward for graduation with honors from the institute where Aunt Yefrosinya Grigorievna had studied ...
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... dresses . These dresses didn't bend . There was not a crease in them and they looked as if they were made of stiff white cardboard . Behind the girls , who were the grand duchesses , swam an enormous lady , rustling loudly in a violet dress ...
... dresses . These dresses didn't bend . There was not a crease in them and they looked as if they were made of stiff white cardboard . Behind the girls , who were the grand duchesses , swam an enormous lady , rustling loudly in a violet dress ...
Contents
The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
Copyright | |
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