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“It’sabaloluatrryaonug.e”d with the supervisor,” Leiby soothed him.
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Leiby closed his eyes. Images from the last few days ashed
through his mind: the border that he had crossed twice, the
packed-to-bursting trains, the tension at the border, and his
intense desire to escape and to nally be out of Soviet territory.
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to ee Russia before the window of opportunity slammed shut.