“...Yes, Sergei Ilyich Kuzevanov was not a fool at all, but a very smart and useful person for his family. And those who considered him an insatiable grabber and corrupt official who spat on people for personal gain were mistaken. Of course, Kuzevanov did not try for the sake of money, but, like many people of retirement age, for the sake of the intonation of his loved ones. After all, if a person in his declining days has nothing to his name—no money, no real estate—then what kind of intonation can he expect from his loved ones? “You’re wearing your soup!” - his wife will tell him in a rude voice. Otherwise, perhaps, he won’t say anything at all, but will only remain painfully silent, throwing the bowl of brew under the poor fellow’s nose. And then there will be such silence in the house as happens when a train passing through a remote city outskirts for a long time drowns out all the small living sounds with its prolonged whistle. Yes, that’s how the wife of a poor man knows how to remain silent. However, why remain silent... She probably won’t even serve him any soup...”