The Master and Margarita
From the album “Illustrations by Elena Baitman”
“And the apparition, passing through the opening in the trellis, entered the veranda unhindered. Then all saw that it was no apparition at all, but Ivan Nikolayevich Bezdomny—the very famous poet. He was barefoot, in a torn whitish sweatshirt, to which on the chest a little paper icon with the effaced image of a well‑known saint was fastened by a safety pin, and in striped white long johns. In his hand Ivan Nikolayevich carried a lighted nuptial candle.“