To N. N. Obolonsky, 20 April 1889. Moscow.

1 A very short, purely practical note of 20 April 1889 (a Thursday) from Moscow to Dr. Nikolai Nikolayevich Obolonsky, the Moscow physician already established elsewhere in this corpus as part of Chekhov’s circle of medical colleagues and friends.

2 The entire content is a single piece of practical advice: Suvorin – Alexei Suvorin, the Petersburg publisher of "Novoye Vremya" and Chekhov’s chief patron and correspondent, well established throughout this corpus – is easiest to catch at home or at his office between 2 and 3 in the afternoon or after 6 in the evening. No reason is given for why Obolonsky wants to reach Suvorin; the note assumes shared context between the two men that is not spelled out here.