Chapter 30: August 4th: My Beloved Makar Alexievitch

August 4th: My Beloved Makar Alexievitch August 4th. My beloved Makar Alexievitch—For God’s sake borrow some money as soon as you can. I would not ask this help of you were it not for the situation in which I am placed. Thedora and myself cannot remain any longer in our present lodgings, for we have been subjected to great unpleasantness, and you cannot imagine my state of agitation and dismay. The reason is that this morning we received a visit from an elderly—almost an old—man whose …