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Fourth Excerpt The road dropped steeply down and the hooves of the horses
rattled on the round cobblestones. An old and mighty forest still rose on both
sides, but each time that we came out onto a meadow we saw before us to the
right the ...
Fourth Excerpt The road dropped steeply down and the hooves of the horses
rattled on the round cobblestones. An old and mighty forest still rose on both
sides, but each time that we came out onto a meadow we saw before us to the
right the ...
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right side on a white horse sat the chief of his men, a man without a hair on his
face, a beardless one, and both his hands lay on the butts of his pistols. The
beardless one held his head slightly raised and stared about with wide open
eyes.
right side on a white horse sat the chief of his men, a man without a hair on his
face, a beardless one, and both his hands lay on the butts of his pistols. The
beardless one held his head slightly raised and stared about with wide open
eyes.
Page 202
You will bar the gate with a spruce pole, my men will bar the passes with iron
rifles. Do not try to frighten me, I am old.' Karaibrahim rose to his feet. Yussouf, the
Yurouk's eldest son, spurred his horse forwards and came up to his father.
You will bar the gate with a spruce pole, my men will bar the passes with iron
rifles. Do not try to frighten me, I am old.' Karaibrahim rose to his feet. Yussouf, the
Yurouk's eldest son, spurred his horse forwards and came up to his father.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Time of parting: a novel |
| Author | Anton Donchev |
| Publisher | Morrow, 1968 |
| Length | 379 pages |
| Subjects | Bulgaria |
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