To A. S. Suvorin, 10 January 1892. Moscow.

Dated 10 January 1892, from Moscow, to Alexei Sergeyevich Suvorin.

Chekhov reports a 25-degree frost and cold rooms in Moscow, and confirms he leaves for Nizhny Novgorod province on 14 January regardless of weather, planning to telegraph the exact departure day and to travel on from Nizhny by the Kazan road with post-horses. He reports his own khutor business is stalled at talk and dreaming, and that affairs in Nizhny Novgorod province are likewise bad: horses were slaughtered the previous autumn, driving prices up sharply (6 horses lately cost 130 rubles), a trend he expects to worsen by April and leave the peasants without horses. He gives his travel plan – departing the 14th, returning by the 22nd – asks Suvorin not to write until then, and invites him to come after the 22nd so they can travel on to Voronezh province together, remarking that he prefers to keep moving. He closes with "adieu" until 22–23 January, a bow to Suvorin’s household, and his signature.