Russ Kolnikov and Liza Vettna Ivanova

Russ Kolnikov met Liza Vettna Ivanova in the haymarket. She was a single woman of about thirty-five, tall, clumsy and timid. Her sister Aljona Ivanovna made her work day and night and even beat her. They were talking with special warmth as they waited for Russ to come home.