To P. G. Rozanov, October 1884. Moscow.
П. Г. Розанову, Начало октября 1884 г. Москва.
Headnote
A brief business note to Pavel Grigorievich Rozanov, a doctor in Zvenigorod, the small town outside Moscow where Chekhov worked that summer as a locum physician at the local hospital. The "sign" in question was almost certainly a practical matter tied to that posting. Chekhov asks Rozanov to forward the letter back along with a photograph and news from Zvenigorod, promising fuller word after the 15th – a glimpse of the easy, errand-running correspondence he kept up with colleagues from his brief medical service there.
Early October 1884. Moscow.
Начало октября 1884 г. Москва.
The sign has been ordered. Kindly send this letter along with your photograph and the Zvenigorod news. So you will get more detailed news after the 15th of October.
Вывеска заказана. Благоволите прислать это письмо купно с Вашей карточкой и звенигородскими новостями. Стало быть, более подробные известия Вы получите после 15 октября.