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Sometimes, after he gets well hit with a barrage of stones, he
disappears for a while, but he always comes back.”

“ e pub?” Leiby was astonished. How had he not thought of
that until now? e pub was always the best place to uncover
other people’s deepest secrets; under the in uence of a good
couple of bottles of vodka, tongues loosened and began to wag.

“Pyontkovska was a careless idiot, he deserved to get caught,”
Zeigmund spat in disgust. All the villagers had resented
Pyontkovska and envied the legendary sums that the Jews
allegedly paid him for hiding them. It had been only a matter
of time before someone would inform on him.

Chapter 37“Someone who hides Jews shouldn’t come to the pub,”Zeigmund

declared. “Ha – that alone would be a nice punishment!” He
picked up a small stone and threw it at the dog.
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it to the wooden rod on his shoulders, and began walking

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a posture that appealed to potential employers; they considered
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