To A. S. Suvorin, 28 October 1891. Moscow.
А. С. СУВОРИНУ, 28 октября 1891 г. Москва.
Headnote
Dated 28 October 1891, from Moscow, to Aleksei Sergeyevich Suvorin, publisher of "Novoye Vremya" and Chekhov’s close friend and correspondent.
Chekhov reports that his servant Ivan has just brought him the plan for a school (evidently a project of Suvorin’s, likely tied to the famine-relief and local-improvement efforts Chekhov was involved with in this period) that Suvorin had asked Ivan about. Since the plan is dense with figures and would be tedious for Suvorin to read on paper, Chekhov – after conferring with Ivan – decides instead to bring the plan with him to Petersburg and walk Suvorin through it in person with detailed comments. He adds that he has just sent off a separate, long letter, then signs off. The closing lines are the address panel: to Suvorin in Petersburg, at Malaya Italyanskaya (the street of the Novoye Vremya offices, where Suvorin’s own residence/office was located), addressed simply "at Novoye Vremya."
Businesslike and brief, with a small note of consideration for Suvorin’s patience (sparing him a column of figures).