V. I.

Lenin

7

To:   HIS MOTHER

Paris, 8 juin 95

I received your letter just before I left for Paris. It is
a pity things turned out so badly over Mitya’s illness;
I don’t understand how they can refuse to postpone his examination if he has a doctor’s certificate to the effect
that he has been ill. Why doesn’t he want to take the matter
further? Why should he lose a year?

Manyasha is probably finishing or has finished her examinations by now. She ought to have a good rest this summer.

I am only just beginning to look round me a bit in Paris;
it is a huge city, spread out a good deal, so that the suburbs
(where I spend most of my time) give you no idea of the
centre. It makes a very pleasant impression—broad, light
streets, many boulevards, and lots of greenery; the people
are quite unrestrained in their manners—at first it comes
as rather a surprise after one had been accustomed to the
sedateness and primness of St. Petersburg.

I shall have to spend several weeks here to see it properly.

Lodgings here are very cheap; for instance, 30 to 35 francs
a month for two rooms and a kitchen, 6 to 10 francs a week
for a furnished room—so I hope to get fixed up without spending too much.

Regards to all, Yours,

V. Ulyanov

Are you satisfied with your place in the country? [1]

First published in 1929 in the journal Proletarskaya Revolyutsiya No. 11

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Notes:
[1]
The end of the letter has been lost.— Ed .