Беззащитное существо

A Defenceless Creature

B1 · Intermediate · fiction · 8 scenes · Premium story

A bank manager with gout is trying to go home when a widow appears in his office with a petition and no intention of leaving. She is weak, ill and completely unstoppable.

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Characters

Kistunov (Кистунов) — Bank manager
Shchukina (Щукина) — Petitioner
Alexei Nikolayevich (Алексей Николаич) — Colleague

Vocabulary from this story

превосходительство — excellency
муж — husband
мочь — be able
голос — voice
сказать — say
слабый — weak
женщина — woman
говорить — speak
обратиться — appeal to
банк — bank
деть — put
голова — head