It didn’t require great character at all br our refusal disagreement and resistance br we had a shred of necessary courage br but fundamentally it was a matter of taste br Yes taste br in which there are fibers of soul the cartilage of br conscience br Who knows if we had been better and more br attractively tempted br sent rose-skinned women thin as a wafer br or fantastic creatures from the paintings of br Hieronymus Bosch br but what kind of hell was there at this time br a wet pit the murderers’ alley the barrack br called a palace of justice br a home-brewed Mephisto in a Lenin jacket br sent Aurora’s grandchildren on into the field br boys with potato faces br very ugly girls with red hands br …………..