To Pushkin:
Dear Alexander, I must tell you some unfortunate news. Due to my unresolved hemorrhoids coupled with a cold, I now have a thick scarf wrapped around my neck like a yoke on a horse's neck. The doctor told me that under these circumstances, this illness will keep me confined at home for a week. But even so, I have decided not to just wait passively. You know, since the news of Kyiv University's establishment came out, I have always hoped to work at its Russian literature research department. Maximovich also wants to secure a chair for world history at Kyiv University.
