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The Soviet decided to transport all to Ekaterinburg, as soon as a steamer will be available. Today Nachman called on me. "It's easy," he continued, "supposing I give you a good letter of recommendation to my people in Ekaterinburg? The interesting part of all of this, believe me, has started only. Don't fear me, this scabby Jew, this very Nachman, will not betray."
Kokovtzev who liked so much to see admiration on his visitor's face.... I see this little insignificant and blunt Kerensky, that fished for worship.... And here, this "tovarishch" Nachman sitting in his chair and ruling had the same identical signs of self-respect, self-adoration, and independence.
I see crooked smiles full of rotting teeth; I see perspiring low foreheads and piercing oily eyes; and I know that New Russia has no compassion. Nachman invited me to a dinner. Later Dutzman came and brought a smirking girl with him. Nothing very interesting. A girl. She sang gypsy songs accompanied by a guitar. Good voice and bad manners. We had champagne, caviar and cigars, real Uppman.
Here is also the grave of Bostanai the Nasi, the head of the Captivity, and of R. Nathan and Rab Nachman the son of Papa. Thence it takes five days to Hadara, where about 15,000 Jews dwell, at their head being R. Zaken, R. Jehosef and R. Nethanel .
"Everything has been taken by them; they threaten to crush us if the Allies will assist them, even in the slightest way. Still we send. It is a question of two hundred thousand rubles, but nobody knows that I, Nachman, a scabby Jew, got about fifty thousand out of them.
Now another thing: who got the pay for the heavy trucks, and for the benzine, and for the tents, and for the ... oh, many other things!... who got it? This very Nachman, yes, comrad ... have some more, please, it's good!..." "Quod forti placuit legis habet valorem." Sailor Khokhriakov the special envoy of the Sovnarkom and his band.
Nachman, and others, who it seems to me, know what they are talking about, foresee many chances; the best of them, is of course the fact, that some ... ... are in this enterprise, and therefore it might be crowned with success. I really do not know what to think. Only one point is clear: I cannot believe that our sufferings, the sufferings of the whole country, are unknown beyond our frontiers.
So accepted in the ranks of those that go wherever they wish, that do whatever their left foot feels like doing, those that continue to remodel the country, those that are so free in every action I sat near the powerful man, Comrade Nachman as equal to equal.
The latter grew up and married. One of them, a daughter, went with her husband, Samuel Nachman, to Jerusalem, where, from religious motives, they settled. Joseph Montefiore resided for some time in Rome, also in Fano. There are prayers in the book which he composed during his stay in each of those places.
I continued: "Nachman, there is another thing. Here is an old man, a friend of mine, he is very sick. His days are numbered, and I feel very sorry for him. If I go away all will be lost for this old chap; he has nobody in this world. Could you use your power and place him in a hospital? I will give you money, of course, I have some." Nachman sighed: "This is so out of time!
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