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St. John`s Eve part 12

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Say, if you can, that people only imagine things! A month had not passed, and no one would have recognized Peter. He sat in...

St. John`s Eve part 11

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A wedding in the olden times was not like one of the present day. My grandfather`s aunt used to tell how the maidens in...

St. John`s Eve part 10

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“What did you promise for the girl?” thundered Basavriuk; and like a shot he was on his back. The witch stamped her foot; a...

St. John`s Eve part 9

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Then he parted the thorn-bushes with a knotty stick, and before him stood a tiny farmhouse. Basavriuk smote it with his fist, and the...

St. John`s Eve part 8

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“Do you see before you three hillocks? There are a great many kinds of flowers upon them. May some power keep you from plucking...

St. John`s Eve part 7

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My late grandfather`s aunt was somewhat surprised at seeing Peter at the tavern, at an hour when good men go to morning mass; and...

St. John`s Eve part 6

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Recovering himself, he took his grandfather`s hunting whip from the wall, and was about to belabor Peter`s back with it, when Pidorka`s little six-year-old...

St. John`s Eve part 5

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She said that his father had been in Zaporozhe, and had been taken prisoner by the Turks, amongst whom he underwent God only knows...

St. John`s Eve part 4

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My grandfather`s aunt, who kept at that time a tavern, in which Basavriuk (as they called this devil-man) often caroused, said that no consideration...

St. John`s Eve part 3

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These people laugh at everything you tell them. Along comes one of them and doesn`t believe in witches! Yes, glory to God that I...

Broad Beans

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