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letterinfuriatedParkadzeandheevenmoreactivelylookedforanexcuse
to‘knock’thispoorsoldier,sohesenthimtoprisonforsixdaysbecause
ofdirtykatelok.16
ThiseveningIsawtheboyinprisononceagain.Iameagertohelp
andassisthim,buthow?HowcanIhelphim?
Iamgettingdownwritingaletternow,butIamextremelyinexpe-
riencedandnotusedtothistypeofwriting.Somethingterribleishap-
peninginprisonnow!Howmanyinnocentpeoplelanguishthere!Here
youare,democracy!!!Whenwe,theChristiancountry,toreoffthecross
fromthespearheadofSaintGiorgi,17doesitmeanthatwehavebanished
andkickedouttheprinciplesofphilanthropyfromourhearts?Doesit
meanthatweshouldabandontheidealsofourancestorsthathavebeen
imprintedinourheartsforcenturies?
MajorMosidzethistimestayedoutofjail,butallthesame,hewill
notescapepunishment.IwillprovideitevenifIsuffer.Iwillsacrifice
myselfbutneverletinjusticewin.
EveryonetellsmeIhaveatalentforwriting.IncaseIhaveit,then
Imusttrytouseitinordertowin.
Theywanttotransporttheprisoners:Aleksashvili,Markozashvili,
Gigineishvili,Mchedlishvili,Terterashvili,Bolashvili,Kokochashvili,
andIverashvili,toTbilisi.
TodayMarshavawasputinjailonlybecausesomeonestoleasack
ofbarleyfromthestablesduringhiswatch.Ibelieveintheinnocence
ofKokochashviliandIverashvili.Theywouldneverstealanything.The
Commandersaysbarleywasstolenduringtheirwatch.Itdoesnotmatter.
Whyhavethesentriesonthesecondshiftnotbeeninterrogated?Thein-
nocentpersonlosesallhopewhenheseessomuchwrongandunfairness.
Iamwritingnowandwanttoexpressmyfeelingsandthoughts,Iwant
toformulatethemwellbutitissodifficult!OhGod,givemeclarityof
thoughtandsharpnessofwords.
Ihavebeenstillthinkingofcorrespondencebutnotknowinghowto
start.Iwouldloveakindofsedateandbalancedstart;otherwiseImay
verywellresembleanunleasheddog,asRussiansputitонкаксцепи
сорвался[heseemshehasjustbeenunleashed],whichIreallydonot
want.
16Katelok—collarofasoldier’suppergarment.
17StaintGiorgi(SaintGeorge)isdepictedontheCoatofArmsoftheRepublicofGeorgia,but
duetothefactthatfoundingfathersoftheFirstRepublicweremostlyatheists,thespearheadhadno
cross.
