The White Guard
From the album “Illustrations by Sergei Chepik”
Elena more than once turned into the dark and superfluous Lariosik, Serezha's nephew, and, returning to the ginger Elena, she ran her fingers somewhere near her forehead, and it brought very little relief. Elena's hands, usually warm and deft, now moved like rakes, long and stupidly, and did all the most unnecessary, restless things that poison a peaceful person's life in the cursed military depot courtyard.