Short Stories 8 - The Crocodile Part 2

In which the narrator visits the venerable Timofey Semyonitch to seek counsel on a most peculiar and unprecedented predicament involving the hapless Ivan Matveitch, whose unusual circumstance stirs a variety of opinions rooted in bureaucracy, prudence, and the curious workings of society’s progress. The discourse unfolds with dry humour and philosophical rumination on duty, honour, and the curious economics of private property, whilst the narrator’s concern leads him back to the scene of Ivan Matveitch’s confinement, where the strangeness of the situation deepens.