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I intended to lock myself away with lots of books but I couldn't do it.
I got off the side of the road, breaking a sickly undergrowth, walked parallel to the road for fifty meters and returned to the roadway.
A small group of delegates gathered within the next couple of days.
That evening a meeting of the Ekaterinburg committee and the active Party nucleus was held.
Think about it—they were literally on our heels, but didn't touch us.