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Page 151
... notables entered through it , and the door closed behind them . In the middle of the courtyard , their backs to the gate , the notables stood in a crowd . In the front row stood Old Kralyo , the man who read one or two verses from the ...
... notables entered through it , and the door closed behind them . In the middle of the courtyard , their backs to the gate , the notables stood in a crowd . In the front row stood Old Kralyo , the man who read one or two verses from the ...
Page 152
... notables . Delyo stood in front of them with shameless eyes , smiling , his waistband hanging loose , and the straps of his leggings untied , his legs wide apart . His hands were at his waist , his thumbs stuck in his cartridge belt ...
... notables . Delyo stood in front of them with shameless eyes , smiling , his waistband hanging loose , and the straps of his leggings untied , his legs wide apart . His hands were at his waist , his thumbs stuck in his cartridge belt ...
Page 154
... notables - outcasts . But what of the Spahis to the right ? They were praying that the notables would resist , so that they might rob them of their flocks and their women folk . Then , not only would they not pay one aspra for each oka ...
... notables - outcasts . But what of the Spahis to the right ? They were praying that the notables would resist , so that they might rob them of their flocks and their women folk . Then , not only would they not pay one aspra for each oka ...
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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