'After it, you always look as if you had come out of a Russian bath,' said Petritsky, 'and I have come straight from Gritska' (the name by which they called their Commanding Officer). 'They're expecting you.'
— Fatto questo sembra proprio che tu esca da un bagno — disse Petrickij. — Io vengo da Griška — così chiamavano il comandante del reggimento — ti aspettano.