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The Way of the Cross
A stout lady sitting there says to a peasant woman standing with a child in her arms:
—With us, my dear, the conditions of employment for servants are usually . . .
Tiny Roslavl. How is it possible to find employment here for tens of thousands of people!
The peasant women stand in the waiting rooms. They stand patiently, they stand all day.
And having obtained nothing whatever, go away.
In the street you are stopped by people, saying:
—Are you not in need of workmen in your village?
—Are you not hiring people?
And all in such melancholy, hopeless, gentle voices.
I drive back to the place where last night I saw a horde of nomads—an actual horde.
