“I’m spreading rumors that plague and anthrax are raging in the vicinity of our dacha.”
“What in the world for?”
“It’s very simple: I’ll be spared the onslaught of dacha guests!”
(Razvlechenie, Moscow, 1907)
Before leaving for dacha
“I’m spreading rumors that plague and anthrax are raging in the vicinity of our dacha.”
“What in the world for?”
“It’s very simple: I’ll be spared the onslaught of dacha guests!”
(Razvlechenie, Moscow, 1907)
Sic Transit Pestilentia 