Chapter 27: August 1st: My Darling Barbara Alexievna

August 1st: My Darling Barbara Alexievna August 1st. My darling Barbara Alexievna—Thank God that He has sent you a chance of repaying my good with good. I believe in so doing, as well as in the sweetness of your angelic heart. Therefore, I will not reproach you. Only I pray you, do not again blame me because in the decline of my life I have played the spendthrift. It was such a sin, was it not?—such a thing to do? And even if you would still have it that the sin was there, remember, lit…