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"Tsiganok would catch some cockroaches behind the stove, quickly make a harness from cotton threads, cut some sleigh runners from a piece of paper, and there, across the yellow, clean scrubbed table a coach and four would gallop, Ivan guiding the black steeds with a thin sliver of wood and shouting excitedly:
'They're off to fetch the Archbishop!'"
— May 08, 2017 07:52PM
'They're off to fetch the Archbishop!'"
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"I felt a terrible aching in my heart.
'Why doesn't anyone like you?'
He hugged me, pressed me to him, and answered with a wink:
'Because I'm a stranger, understand? That's the whole trouble...'
I tugged at his sleeve, unable to say anything.
'Don't be angry,' he said once more and whispered into my ear: 'Don't cry either.'
But tears were flowing down his cheeks from under his clouded spectacles."
— May 14, 2017 08:37AM
'Why doesn't anyone like you?'
He hugged me, pressed me to him, and answered with a wink:
'Because I'm a stranger, understand? That's the whole trouble...'
I tugged at his sleeve, unable to say anything.
'Don't be angry,' he said once more and whispered into my ear: 'Don't cry either.'
But tears were flowing down his cheeks from under his clouded spectacles."
amelia
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"At home Just the Job was more and more disliked. Even the friendly cat belonging to our gay lady lodger wouldn't climb up on his knees as it did with everyone else, and didn't come when he called. For this I would beat it, pull its ears and was almost reduced to tears in my efforts to persuade it not to be frightened of him."
— May 14, 2017 08:27AM
amelia
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THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I'VE EVER READ GODDAMN
— Jul 25, 2014 04:43AM
