Незакрытых дел – нет

I am sorry for the long sentences, but you understand me, dear friend. I work in the hospital for a long day… It is so far from the town. But it is good, I have work and earn my living. My husband studies, but unfortunately much of his time is exhausted in other things than chemistry… You know the constant need for people… and it is too sad that it is not realized that he must finish his studies well. Science is not a joke! It cannot be done superficially[46].

Странные мысли, скажут многие. Но именно так они чувствовали, эти два молодых коммуниста, забившие свои непокорные головы какими-то идеалами, – так, и никак иначе. Брурия была хорошая девушка с сильными убеждениями: через неделю после свадьбы, в письме от 26 декабря 1946 года, она предлагает свой политический анализ «жгучих проблем Палестины», сильно напоминающий донесения, которые г-жа ПАПАИ писала тридцать лет спустя для отдела III/1[47]:

Now I am in Jerusalem, living in a curious suspension. I can start to work next week in a job that will give me many opportunities to develop and teach. It is in a Child-Welfare-Centre, in the old city of Jerusalem. It is the poorest and dirtiest section of Jerusalem and may be of Palestine. The only objection to start the work is the extremely low salary. It is 9 pounds monthly, with the additional pay for high cost of living it will be about 17–19 Palestinian pounds. It is less than minimum for us. My husband is a student of chemistry and he does not earn except occasionally by working after his studies. It is truly a problem. It seems that I’ll have to continue a hospital job, where I’ll earn more, but where I shall not get any satisfaction. Anyhow all is quite pale in comparison with the burning problems of Palestine. The X. congress of the P. C. P. has formulated its decisions in a small pamphlet. I’ll send it to my sister. Please ask her to translate especially those parts which concern the Jewish and Arab relationship. I hope that soon the Party will send an English translation. It will be good to translate it to French. You will notice that the question of Immigration is formulated in a very tactical manner. The party under the present circumstance cannot find a way to bring the question in a more direct and open manner. I cannot agree, but at the same time my only place is with the C. P. I’ll work in the Y. C. L.