"Does it do any good?"
"No. But this present Government is very reactionary and the persecution of the Jews is part of its programme. You know, it is always under the reactionary Government, which is pro-German, that the pogroms take place."
We had got into a droshky and were driving through city streets. Women from the country were bringing in milk. People seemed to be walking about freely enough.
The Jews with their bowed necks seemed far away—as though, after all, I had read about them in a book. Could I have elbowed them and smelt them only a few minutes ago?
I was in Russia. How sweet the morning air was! We were climbing a cobble-stoned hill. Institutska Oulitza. Here we are! And we stopped at the Tchedesky Pension.
Good-bye for now. Armfuls of love from
Ruth.
July 5, 1915.
Darlingest Mother and Dad:—