The Master and Margarita
From the album ““Life in a Desk Drawer” by Anton Glotov”
The first story is from The White Guard
The door to the antechamber let in the cold, and before Alexey and Elena stood a tall, broad-shouldered figure in a floor-length overcoat and in protective shoulder straps with three lieutenant's stars in chemical pencil. The bashlyk was covered in frost, and a heavy rifle with a brown bayonet took up the entire antechamber.
“Hello,” the figure sang in a hoarse tenor and with frozen fingers grabbed the bashlyk.
“Vitya!”