Bulgakov Society

“Eh, Nikanor Ivanovich!” the unknown man exclaimed soulfully. “What are official and unofficial persons? It all depends on your point of view on the subject. It's all fluctuating and relative, Nikanor Ivanovich. Today I'm a unofficial person, and tomorrow, lo and behold, I'm an official one! And it happens the other way round -oh, how it does!”