The Desolation of Roslavl
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The fugitive does not succeed in answering for himself.
Once more the crowd of people with quick movements and feverish eyes.
—The Government? There, you'll never get a turn!
—It's necessary to stand three days.
He's got to hurry for the train. See what a lot of people are coming in.
—He will be late, and have to wait a month in the open. The autumn rains will start.
—And cold. All his children will freeze.
—From Bobruisk another five hundred thousand are coming.
—Who are you, Mister? Are you someone from the Government or a Relief Committee?
—Our little children are just freezing to death, says another fugitive.
And at this market where horses and
