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Elena38deceivesmeallthetime;Ihavenotreceivedmorethanone
letterfromher.
IreceivedMother’s39letter40today.Shetellsmeaboutaconstantpain
inhereyes.HowafraidIam!Itissuchablessingthatwehaveamother!
Godforbidthatsomethingmayhappentohernow,whenallourpast
distresseshavebeenforgotten,griefandsorrowhavegone.OhGod,save
her,havemercyonher,yourfaithfulandbenevolentservant!
Whatwillmylifebelike?WhatpathwillItake?Whichdirection
willItake?CanIgotoGermanyoramIgoingtosettleforbeingarural
teacher?MaybeIwillevendreamaboutthepositionofavillageteacher.
Iwanttomaintainapure,honestfriendshipwithJibo.Thereisno
suchanopen-heartedmaninthewholebattery.AndIspoilthisfriend-
shipwithmyconsistentpleadingforbread,butwhatcanIdowhenIstart
beinghauntedbyhunger,whenIamlongingforbread,whenIknowthat
Ishallhaveonlypotatobrothforsupper?!HowcanIgetridofthisbad
habit?WhenIfeelhungerIwillgetdowntoreadingthiswritingandin
caseIhavesomenickelIwillgotobuybread!
Iamindignantreadingthenewsthatthechurchtreasureshavebeen
takenoutofGelatiMonastery.Ireadittothesoldiersandthenewsout-
ragedthemtoo.Ikeepthenewspapercopywithme.Imustwritealetter
ofsympathytoCatholicus.AlettermustbewrittentoZhordania41too,
butupuntilnowIdidnothavethenervetodoit.Butdoyouneedany
courageforit?Itismyobligation,acivicdutyasofamanoffaith.
IamjustsendingthethirdlettertoPatriarchLeonide42hehasalready
receivedtheprevioustwo.Iwouldalsolovetoprepareanarticleabout
GelatifortheSakartvelonewspaper.
38AletterbyEleneBarnabishvilitoGrigolPeradzewheresheaskshimtoborrowher400rubles.
39MariamSamadalashvili(1868-1932)motherofGrigolPeradze,wifeofRomanozPeradze,
thePriorofBakurtsikheSaintGiorgiChurch.
40Themother’sletterisofprivatecharacter;itrepresentsanundatedmanuscript.
41NoeJordania(1868-1953)theheadofthegovernmentoftheDemocraticRepublicofGeo-
rgiain1918-1921,andtheheadoftheGeorgianémigrécommunityinFrance.HediedinParisin
1953.
42LeonideOkropiridze(1861-1921)-Catholicos-PatriarchofAllGeorgiaduring1918-1921,
apublicfigureandtheologician,astaunchcrusaderforautocephaly(independence)oftheGeorgian
Church.