Story of a Life, Volume 1Harvill P., 1965 |
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Page 56
... silence and tight lips told me all I needed to know . That evening I heard my parents talking about me in the dining- room next door . Mama was upset and cross , but my father said there was nothing terrible about it , I wasn't easy to ...
... silence and tight lips told me all I needed to know . That evening I heard my parents talking about me in the dining- room next door . Mama was upset and cross , but my father said there was nothing terrible about it , I wasn't easy to ...
Page 109
... silence could be heard the clip - clop of horses ' hooves as a patrol rode past . Tregubov leaned forward and ... silent . Tregubov walked out . When we next had a divinity lesson , it was taken by a young priest with the face of a poet ...
... silence could be heard the clip - clop of horses ' hooves as a patrol rode past . Tregubov leaned forward and ... silent . Tregubov walked out . When we next had a divinity lesson , it was taken by a young priest with the face of a poet ...
Page 129
... silence - as happens in even the noisiest households - I felt thoroughly uncomfortable alone with him . Little by little I studied his character . I knew that he liked making fun of people , that nothing was sacred to him , and that he ...
... silence - as happens in even the noisiest households - I felt thoroughly uncomfortable alone with him . Little by little I studied his character . I knew that he liked making fun of people , that nothing was sacred to him , and that he ...
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