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Page 140
... dead folk . But dead folk such as one had never seen - neither corpses nor skeletons . And their heads were neither skulls nor faces . They were everywhere in the cave— some lying , others sitting beside the rock . And some lay on their ...
... dead folk . But dead folk such as one had never seen - neither corpses nor skeletons . And their heads were neither skulls nor faces . They were everywhere in the cave— some lying , others sitting beside the rock . And some lay on their ...
Page 141
... dead sat around you and were silent , looking at you with their hollow eyes , and their teeth shining in the light of the pine torches , like an open mussel with its mother - of - pearl in the shallow water ? They were women , and we ...
... dead sat around you and were silent , looking at you with their hollow eyes , and their teeth shining in the light of the pine torches , like an open mussel with its mother - of - pearl in the shallow water ? They were women , and we ...
Page 186
... dead . And as I do not know whether the living are not already dead , I call the dead as if they were living . Elitsa , Granny Srebra , Manol , Momchil , Old Galoushko , Goran , Morosini , de Beaufort ... Then I repeat the names the ...
... dead . And as I do not know whether the living are not already dead , I call the dead as if they were living . Elitsa , Granny Srebra , Manol , Momchil , Old Galoushko , Goran , Morosini , de Beaufort ... Then I repeat the names the ...
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Aegean Sea Aga's alive Allah asked Balkandji began blood breast brother Bulgarian Candia cast cave chans Chepino child courtyard cried cross dark dead Delyo dogs earth Elindenya Elitsa eyes face faith father feet fell felt fire flocks forest Goran Grand Vizier Granny Srebra grass grew Gyulfié haidouts hair hand Hassan Hodja head heard heart horse howling hundred Ismaïl Bey Janissaries Karaibrahim kaval kill knife Konak light lips looked Manol meadow Mircho Momchil mountain night notables Old Galoushko Old Kralyo passed Petglassets pistol Podviss priest Prossoina rapier remembered Rhodopa Rhodope Mountains rocks rose seemed Sevda sheep shepherds Sherko shone shoulders shouted silent Spahis spoke spruce stone stood stopped Sultan Syuleiman Aga tell terrible thought tree Tsepina Turkish Turks turned valley veranda village voice Voivoda Vrazhou Kehaya waited wall wanted weeping wind woman women words yataghan Yurouks