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I can re- member sitting with my mother and father and young sister in the air raid shelter in the school opposite our house and thinking , " Oh , please don't let us be blown to bits . " We survived the sirens , the shells , the bombs ...
I can re- member sitting with my mother and father and young sister in the air raid shelter in the school opposite our house and thinking , " Oh , please don't let us be blown to bits . " We survived the sirens , the shells , the bombs ...
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Sitting up front , near the driver , is Bhag Singh , my Sancho Panza , a poor , ragged , quite happy- go - lucky youth , who contrives to turn up wherever I happen to be , and frequently involves himself in my activities .
Sitting up front , near the driver , is Bhag Singh , my Sancho Panza , a poor , ragged , quite happy- go - lucky youth , who contrives to turn up wherever I happen to be , and frequently involves himself in my activities .
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Three men , shirt - sleeved , were sitting on the bed in the next room , playing cards , and a fourth sat with his hands on his knees in a wardrobe looking down with glazed eyes into a much beflowered chamber - pot . " " Sit ...
Three men , shirt - sleeved , were sitting on the bed in the next room , playing cards , and a fourth sat with his hands on his knees in a wardrobe looking down with glazed eyes into a much beflowered chamber - pot . " " Sit ...
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