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Page 158
... hand , so that the thorns fell from his fist . I looked at it and remembered Granny Srebra's words . He had a rich and fine hand , with a wide hard palm and countless lines . And the blood drawn by the thorns flowed over them and filled ...
... hand , so that the thorns fell from his fist . I looked at it and remembered Granny Srebra's words . He had a rich and fine hand , with a wide hard palm and countless lines . And the blood drawn by the thorns flowed over them and filled ...
Page 170
... hand , and with a bound reached the bagpipe players . With his right hand Karaibrahim wrenched the bagpipe out of the hands and the mouth of one of the players and raised it on high . He pressed the pistol in his left hand to the ...
... hand , and with a bound reached the bagpipe players . With his right hand Karaibrahim wrenched the bagpipe out of the hands and the mouth of one of the players and raised it on high . He pressed the pistol in his left hand to the ...
Page 349
... hand and dashed out on to the veranda . In my other hand I held the broken rapier , and with her other hand Elitsa pressed the head to her . The Turks were crowding one on top of the other over something I could not see . The crowd ...
... hand and dashed out on to the veranda . In my other hand I held the broken rapier , and with her other hand Elitsa pressed the head to her . The Turks were crowding one on top of the other over something I could not see . The crowd ...
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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