Story of a Life, Volume 1Harvill P., 1965 |
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... gardens rose , it seemed , to the very sky . These were vast gardens , equal in size , Feokistov had told me , to those of Versailles . The snow was melting in them , wrapping the trees in trails of cold steam . Bregman turned to us and ...
... gardens rose , it seemed , to the very sky . These were vast gardens , equal in size , Feokistov had told me , to those of Versailles . The snow was melting in them , wrapping the trees in trails of cold steam . Bregman turned to us and ...
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... garden . After having been her own mistress for so long , Grandmother felt like a poor relation in Aunt Vera's grand household . Her only comfort was that she didn't have to live in the house itself and could do her own cooking in the ...
... garden . After having been her own mistress for so long , Grandmother felt like a poor relation in Aunt Vera's grand household . Her only comfort was that she didn't have to live in the house itself and could do her own cooking in the ...
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... garden , that Grandmother would some day fall asleep for the last time . We were great friends ; I was fonder of my grandmother than of any of my other relations . After bringing up five daughters and two sons she was now alone in her ...
... garden , that Grandmother would some day fall asleep for the last time . We were great friends ; I was fonder of my grandmother than of any of my other relations . After bringing up five daughters and two sons she was now alone in her ...
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