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hadbionyf,owrmheodhtahde barreivchendikasttthhaet hoarpdhaacncaogmepwanitihedththee prrsetvwioauvse of
grouthpetrheaptahtreiawtiaosn3i6ndteirnedcitnlyg ftro mcoRmuesshiae.reHwe ikthnetwheocnhlyildRruenss,ian,
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haveSatankdeynloooukrepdlaactePs.a”vel but kept his distance. He reminded him
“Meoiftetkh,ecaalnmti-tSheemchitiilcd,rPenoliinshstepaadrtoisfatnaslkfirnogmnothnesetnroseo,p” Ltheiabtyhad
hadbneeonplaitqiuenidcaetefdorajnodkehseanhdadranno fdoerswiraerdatinallthteo dshiraercetihonis orof om
the wfairtmh hhoimus.eH. e wondered if Pavel was really Jewish; perhaps he

    was just an abandoned boy who Stefanya had brought here in
“Heoyr,dwerhotoaeraernyoau?fe”whezlaostkyesdothheimg.ure standing in the main
entranceway. e man was standing with his back to Leiby, but
sometheindgoramboumtohtihseprrosenleseldooSkaenddfya’ms rileilaur.ctance to welcome his
begeanwnmeowntaodnreosrmiofgmunaldamrleoatontomeo.smo“rPmeaaptevelye,u”,lnsjwuhksienltloewsgnlecantomupumresaoeegdpdeldettohhinueimsad.sorohooyrnthcamlnosdicedhseear’lniledsbe a
of wShhiestlsehso. wLedibPy ahveealrhditshbeesdouand tohfethsepagcaeteclaetatrheed bfoacrkhoimf thine the
farmclospeetn, itnhgenuph,aannddedthheimfooatsftreapgsraonftppeaosptrley raunsdhisntgeaomuitn. g cup of

   etesat.ranger’s pro le appeared again, through the window,
andPLaveeibl ysartahcikmedselhfisdobwraninosnihnisanbeed aonrdt timo mreemdeiamtebleyrdwirhtieerde the
he hpardistsieneenshhiemetsbwefiothreh. Sisumdduedndlyysiht oceasm. Ne etoxth, hime p, buulltedthoeumt aanhuge
hadwgooondee.n “cArulecxianxdferor…m hyiosuk’rneapAsalecxkanandderh! uBnagruitchfrommechaanyaehil on
hamtehiesimw!a”lLl. eHibeyarlasottlheudntgheupdosoormheantadtlteerheadrdp.i“cAtulerexsanodf ecrh,uorpcehnes.
up, we have to talk.”
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“I hraovuegtholygoa…sidteo, loopoeknefodr tshoemweoinde.o”w, and listened with obvious
“Yopu’lreeasnuoret.g“oSion,gI ahnayvwehaerpel,a”cMe teoitevkisipt uotnLSeuibnydayr,”mhley sinmihleisd to
place3.6“You’rReepreastrpiaotniosnib–lereftourrnthtoistheenthiorme eglraonudp, a.”n agreement signed by

WitPholannodoatnhdetrhechSooviiceet,ULneioinbyinr1e9t4u5r,naeldlowtoingthPeolifsahrmcit.izHenes wophoenheadd fled

     or been exiled to Russia to return to Poland.
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