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Foltyn`s Drum part 8

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Foltyn stood as if thunderstruck. All the blood receded from his face. Horror and fright were depicted in it. He stooped down to the keyhole. Within he beheld the baron wholly changed. In his...

Foltyn`s Drum part 7

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Several days passed. The baroness continued enthusiastic about the delights of country life and devoted herself with great eagerness to the education of Marietta as a lady`s maid. Marietta often stood in front of...

Foltyn`s Drum part 6

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“Here, dear child!” she said to her, agreeably, pointing to the floating cobweb.The girl bowed awkwardly, and for an instant under her light lashes there was a flash of dark blue as she stepped...

Foltyn`s Drum part 5

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“You might better get a pug-dog, my dear!”The baroness flashed an angry glance at her husband. Her lips opened to make response to his offensive levity, but she thought better of it. She held...

Foltyn`s Drum part 4

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In the carriage sat a gentleman and a lady. He was of middle age, wore elegant black clothes and had a smooth, oval, white face with deep shadows around the eyes. He appeared fatigued...

Foltyn`s Drum part 3

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The rooms on the first floor, reserved for the nobility, were filled with superfluous luxury. The spiders, their only occupants, let themselves down on fine threads from the glitteringly colored ceilings to the soft...

Foltyn`s Drum part 2

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When that mysterious sound was followed by no other she doubtless threw a shawl over her gray braids and running to the cottage across the way, met its occupant and read on her lips...

Foltyn`s Drum part 1

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Svatopluk Cech (1846—1908)Cech was educated at various schools in different parts of his native country. After graduating from a gymnasium in Prague he studied law for a little, but eventually turned to journalism, and...

The Higher The Flight, The Lower The Fall part 2

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The present version is made by the editors from two old English verse translations.The Higher The Flight, The Lower The Fall(From Emblems)Puffed up with an overweening sense of his own importance, he desired to...

The Pier part 4

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The noon-gun of the city of Yokohama resounds. With this as a signal, the ship, from the hold of which for some time a noise has been issuing, silently begins to move.The elderly Europeans,...

Balkan Tours 2022

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Foltyn`s Drum part 1

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