THOSE UKRAINIAN PEASANTS!
“Can you imagine? A muzhik in dirty pants, and without a tie, comes to see me in the Justice Office and forces, simply forces his way up to my desk! ‘Can I have a certificate?’ he says. Appalling! Simply appalling, I tell you. So I told him:
“‘Wait in the hall, please, comrade!’ Can you imagine, he continues to stand there and even considers whether he should go or not! The cheek! I’m up to my ears in work… And here I have to converse with some peasant. My hair was out of place, you know, I could see my nose was shiny, and the muzhik continues to stand there – I couldn’t even powder myself. It was a fight and a half to get rid of him.
“Such sudden urgency. I mean, if it had been something important… He was only appealing about some land… You know, the stuff tha
