baliki

Updated: May 29, 2025

For some reason the engineer had wines and cigars sent from abroad duty free; somebody sent him caviare and baliki gratis; he did not pay rent for his house because his landlord supplied the railway with kerosene, and generally he and his daughter gave me the impression of having all the best things in the world at their service free of charge.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories