P. S. We sent the novel by registered parcel post. Did you receive it?

R. P. S. Do take your treatment more seriously, really, so that you can travel in winter without c a t c h i n g   c o l d (it's dangerous in winter).

Your V. Ulyanov (Italy)

Written November 13 or 14, 1913

Sent from Kraków to the island of Capri

First published March 2, 1924 in the newspaper *Pravda* No. 51

Printed from the manuscript