“...I calmed down a little when this very nickname came to mind - blue-eyed elephant. Here something was captured of her character, of her inner essence. At least from her kindness. For every time she met me (and we, like neighbors in the yard, met almost every day), she smiled at me with her blue, downright angelic eyes (given her size!) and with some disarming simplicity and even shyness , always asked in the same, even and quiet, slightly lisping voice: “How are you doing?” How is your health? How do you like your work?..”