9. Его лучший час
...В середине июня 1941 г. Черчилль предполагал, что до нападения Германии на СССР ( остались считанные дни )

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Chapter forty-one. The Dying Gladiator
April 13, 1959
When I called at Chartwell on my way to London I found Clemmie in the cottage, which was full of books; she explained that Winston had about ten thousand, and she was trying to reduce them by half.

( I ought not... I must not... be held to account... for all... that has gone wrong. )

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Part Five. A Long Farewell
Chapter thirty-five. Mournful Gestures
Augusts, 1955
...When we were alone Winston made no attempt to talk. I asked him at last how he was.
‘I suffer,’ he replied slowly, ‘from these pauses. It ... is the state . . . of my mind . . . that troubles me.’
He turned abruptly.
‘Am I going off my head?’
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Chapter thirty-three. Good Intentions
London, April 21, 1955
‘I have got to kill time till time kills me. When, Charles, you wouldn’t tell me, I asked my solicitor what my expectation of life was, and he told me four and a half years. Of course, I know I may die at any moment, but I don’t care. I’m prepared for an emergency’

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Chapter thirty. Et tu, BruteFebruary 3, 1955 ( Read more... )

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Chapter twenty-seven. The Burden of Life
October 26, 1954
“It is not that I have expensive tastes. I stay in bed too much to spend a lot of money.”

Chapter twenty-eight. The Woodford Blunder

November 28, 1954

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