The Desolation of Roslavl
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—I do not know.
—Where can I find out?
—I do not know.
He knows only that:
—It is on the train that he is to go.
I made acquaintance with a priest.
He spoke bitterly. There was desperation in his voice.
—We try to preserve ourselves together. But we are assigned to places! Assigned! One part of the flock to Riazan, another to Kazan, a third to Orenburg!
Here in the wood are fugitives at the last limit of their strength, making a decision:
—To deprive themselves of the last thing.
To sell their horses.
They sell them in the market-place, in Muchin yard, to "Northern-Help," to the Government, fkaznu, as they say.
