AMERICA III
Painfully, the family took note of persisting and abandoned loyalties: Shtein was the first to visit — he had been recalled from Italy and was also uncertain about his prospects. Litvinov’s stenographer also stopped by. Surits, left without a job, was scared, but came anyway, Rubinin was arrested — he couldn’t be blamed. One night at the theater, an unnamed female friend was not afraid to approach the Litvinovs, and Maxim Maximovich exclaimed: “Oh, you’re a brave woman!” Umansky did not appear once, as Litvinov’s biographer, Sheinis, recorded, with an almost gloating triumph.
Tatyana Litvinova, Brighton, England: Many people abandoned him, but Umansky’s distancing hurt Maxim Maximovich most of all. My father was not prepared for this betrayal. It was so out of keeping w
