Then he received petitioners, heard reports, gave audiences, assigned posts and ordered dismissals, apportioned rewards, pensions, and salaries, and attended to correspondence – everyday matters, as he called them, which took up so much of his time.
Dopo, s’erano presentati i consueti sollecitatori, erano cominciati i rapporti, i ricevimenti, le nomine, le rimozioni, le distribuzioni delle ricompense, delle pensioni, degli stipendi, la corrispondenza, quel lavoro quotidiano, infine, come lo chiamava Aleksej Aleksandrovic, che portava via tanto tempo.