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Friday,3December
DAVIDKOLBAIA
TodayIreceivedtheletterfromDuffel,22refusingmeascholarship.
NeverthelessIamgladofthefactthathewasgraciousenoughtospare
sometimeandwritemeafewwords.Iunderstandthemeaningbutsome
wordsarestillincomprehensibletome.TodayIwillaskthecolonelto
readittome.IrepentnowsendingthelettertotheSakartvelonewspaper.
ItwouldhavebeenbetterifIhadnotdoneitatall.Itcannotbehelped
now.Evenifmyarticleispublished,Istillhopetheywillnotlearnabout
it.Inanycase,Iwillhidethecopies.Iwilldoitthough.
ApparentlyIhavebeenappointedasateacherandaleaderofcultural
works.Itwasimpossibletorefuse.Actually,Idonotminditatall,butmy
speech!Theproblemofaspeech!Imustimprovemyspeakingabilities
andtrainmyselfalot.TomorrowIamgoingtostartspeakinginacalmand
gradualway.23Iamstillthinkingaboutthatcorrespondence.Ididwrongby
sendingit.IusedtocastigateJibladzeanddidworsemyself.That’swhat
itis.WhatcanIdo?Imusttrynottoactthiswayanymoreinthefuture.
ThiseveningIaminthemoodofwritingaletter.Elenaturnsouttobe
inBatumi.WhydoesnotshesendmealetterwhileIhavealreadywritten
hertwice?!Ihavereceivednothing.Iamnotkeentowriteheranything
untilIreceiveherresponse…
22Theidentityofthispersonremainsunknown.
23ThegovernmentoftheindependentRepublicofGeorgiatookcareoftheGeorgiansoldiers’
levelofeducationanderudition;thisiswhythespecialeducationalprojectcomprisingofCompany
school(130-150soldiers),Battalionschool(1,000soldiers)andtheSoldiers’Universitywaslaun-
ched.PeradzewasappointedaCompanyschoolteacher.Abouttheprojectsee:D.Silakadze,“Pirveli
respublikissheiaraghebulidzalebisshemaperkhebelipaktorebi.sakartvelosdemokratiulirespublikis
gakhsenebis100tslisshemdeg-modelievropisatvis?”,Tbilisi:InternationalScientificForum,2018,
pp.227-288.