Well, Mark did not stay much longer in his flat in the Avtozavodsky District, and after that evening Masha never went back to hers: the mice must have eaten her mattress by now… As for those who were queuing for the Lithuanian soap, they would keep talking for quite some time about that general stripping off his clothes. They would talk about it at home and amongst the relations; some would laugh and some would get indignant. Initially they respectfully kept wide of the general’s hat and coat to avoid trampling on them too. The queue divided at that point and then joined up again later. But then came other people who had not seen anything and they had no qualms about where they put their feet. Besides, there wasn’t a great deal of space, and then came the moment when they were even shoving and jostling. As though this weren’t enough, it continued to snow and under all those boots, the snow turned into slush: very soon the hat and coat were rags beyond recognition, and before the sun rose, they had been buried, never to be seen again.
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First published in September 1998 as Romanzo russo. ‘Fiutando i futuri supplizi’ © Alessandro Barbero
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