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the way Rupert's drops explode, casting off--Estia, Latvia,
Lithuania, Poland, the Monarchy, Chernov, Martov, the Dardanelles---
Russian Civilisation,--Russian blizzards---

--and when---
--Europe--
was:
--nothing but one Ersatz
from end to end--
(Ersatz--a German word
--means the adverb
"instead.")

_Place_: there is no place of action. Russia, Europe, the world,
fraternity.

Dramatis personæ: there are none. Russia, Europe, the world, belief,
disbelief,--civilisation, blizzards, thunderstorms, the image of the
Holy Virgin. People,--men in overcoats with collars turned up, go-
alones, of course;--women;--but women are my sadness,--to me who am a


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