czarnik's

Updated: May 10, 2025

Anna Czarnik's dull face lighted up ever so little. "She says the thing she was singing is a Polish folk-song about death and sorrow, and it's called a what was that, Anna?" "Dumka." "It's called a dumka. It's a song of mourning, you see? Of grief. And of bitterness against the invaders who have laid her country bare." "Well, what's the idea!" demanded Geisha McCoy.

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