The Master and Margarita
From the album “Photo illustrations by Elena Martynyuk”
With his left hand the interpreter deftly slipped the ticket to Nikanor Ivanovich, while his right pressed a thick, crackling bundle into the chairman’s other hand. The moment Nikanor Ivanovich glanced at it he blushed crimson and tried to push it away.
“That’s not appropriate…” he mumbled.
“I won’t hear of it,” Koroviev hissed right in his ear.