The White Guard
From the album “Illustrations by Sergei Chepik”
Like in a nightmare, Vasilisa moved under the pressure of those entering the doors and saw them as if in a nightmare. Everything in the first person was wolf-like; that's how it seemed to Vasilisa for some reason. The second—a giant—took up almost the entire front room of Vasilisa's house, reaching to the ceiling. He was rosy with a womanly, full, and joyful blush, young, and nothing grew on his cheeks. The third had a sunken nose, eaten away on the side by a festering scab, and a stitched and disfigured scar on his lip.